Cirrus@Austlit

'Judith Wright's own definitive selection of her poetry, covering the best and most memorable of her remarkable oeuvre.

'From the elegant and moving precision of the first collection, The Moving Image (1946), to the political passion of Phantom Dwelling (1985), Wright's poetry speaks with intelligence and courage - and gracefully sensuous imagery.

'Forty years of poetic production from Australia's best-loved poet.' (Publication summary)

'Queensland : Words and all may sound to some a very parochial title. It may even convey the promise of more or less sensational revelations. To others it may suggest a representative documentation of the state of Queensland letters, the 'art of the state', as it were.' (Introduction)