Around Costessey sequence   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Around Costessey
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  • Consists of ten individually titled poems

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Scherzo and Adagio of Bruckner's Ninth i "For certain it is on a day very like this one", Francis Webb , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 March vol. 83 no. 4283 1962; (p. 40-41) The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 14-16) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 203-204) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 195-196)
Our Lady's Birthday i "Eleven o'clock. Reservoirs of Heaven,", Francis Webb , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 11) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 200-201) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 31) Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry 1986; (p. 155) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 192-193) Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994; (p. 191-192)
Father Jones i "I write in September, reverencing our spring days", Francis Webb , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 22-23) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 209) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 201-202)
Rookery i "To unseat that fell principle roosting in the mind", Francis Webb , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 22) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 208-209) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 201)
Good Friday, Norfolk i "It is achieved. Over the Place of the Skull", Francis Webb , 1959 single work poetry
— Appears in: Prospect , vol. 2 no. 4 1959; (p. 12) The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 23-25) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 209-210) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 202-203)
The Tower i "Come on Easter Monday to our Poor Meadow.", Francis Webb , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 March vol. 83 no. 4283 1962; (p. 41) Australian Poetry 1963 1963; (p. 21-22) The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 16-18) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 204-205) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 31-32) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 197-198)
Gerard, S.J. i "The dinghy runs aground. This tiny bay", Francis Webb , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 March vol. 83 no. 4283 1962; (p. 40) The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 13-14) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 202-203) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 194-195)
The Horses i "The vegetative soul is the dedicated rhetorician:", Francis Webb , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 6 January vol. 83 no. 4273 1962; (p. 37) The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 12-13) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 201-202) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 193-194) Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology 1998; (p. 163-164)
Hastings i "Pasture, embryo hills,", Francis Webb , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 10) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 199-200) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 192) Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994; (p. 191)
In Memoriam : Anthony Sandys, 1806-1883 Francis Webb , 1969 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Collected Poems 1969; (p. 206-208)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    form y separately published work icon Collected Poems Francis Webb , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 Z551447 1969 selected work poetry radio play drama Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 pg. 199-210
    Note: 'Cotesia' is an early name for Costessey (pronounced 'Cossey') (p.251).
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Works about this Work

'I See a Strangeness' : Francis Webb's Norfolk and English Catholic Medievalism Andrew Lynch , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Medievalism and the Gothic in Australian Culture 2006; (p. 41-59) Andrew Lynch reads sections of Francis Webb's Around Costessey sequence of poems to indicate how the medieval 'is confronted and deployed within the formation of Australian identity' (42).
The Texture of Place: "Around Costessey" Bill Ashcroft , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Gimbals of Unease : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1996; (p. 157-171)
Pain's Amalgam with Gold : Francis Webb's 'Around Costessey' Bill Ashcroft , 1977 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , June no. 2 1977; (p. 62-73)
'I See a Strangeness' : Francis Webb's Norfolk and English Catholic Medievalism Andrew Lynch , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Medievalism and the Gothic in Australian Culture 2006; (p. 41-59) Andrew Lynch reads sections of Francis Webb's Around Costessey sequence of poems to indicate how the medieval 'is confronted and deployed within the formation of Australian identity' (42).
The Texture of Place: "Around Costessey" Bill Ashcroft , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Gimbals of Unease : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1996; (p. 157-171)
Pain's Amalgam with Gold : Francis Webb's 'Around Costessey' Bill Ashcroft , 1977 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , June no. 2 1977; (p. 62-73)
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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