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This poem won first prize in a competition conducted by the Sydney Morning Herald, at the time of the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition.
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The poem appears in Songs from the Mountains with the accompanying note: 'A Prize Poem published with the kind permission of the proprietors of the "Sydney Morning Herald".'
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Note that this is a different work to the Sydney Exhibition Cantata, for which Kendall wrote the libretto.
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Romantic Hangover in Australian Poetry
2016
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criticism
— Appears in: The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 3-8) 'Atsuko Kouda's remarks on landscape in Australian poetry are particularly interesting because they provide us with an 'outside; view of how the land is perceived by Australian poets. Kouda uses as models Douglas Stewart and Judith Wright. In the first case, Stewart displays a correspondence between himself and the landscape , and a sense of the perfection of creation, in the light of this, the poet can at times 'escape' into a symbolic perfection away from the unpleasant aspects of social life. Kouda concludes that Stewart's poems 'take no further new meanings than we find in the traditional ballads.' (Introduction) -
No Easy Age for Faith or Verse : "Songs from the Mountains" and Henry Kendall's Burden of Election
1992
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— Appears in: Henry Kendall : The Muse of Australia 1992; (p. 385-404) -
Acta Populi
1879
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— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 27 September vol. 30 no. 1856 1879; (p. 13)
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Acta Populi
1879
single work
column
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 27 September vol. 30 no. 1856 1879; (p. 13) -
No Easy Age for Faith or Verse : "Songs from the Mountains" and Henry Kendall's Burden of Election
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Henry Kendall : The Muse of Australia 1992; (p. 385-404) -
Romantic Hangover in Australian Poetry
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 3-8) 'Atsuko Kouda's remarks on landscape in Australian poetry are particularly interesting because they provide us with an 'outside; view of how the land is perceived by Australian poets. Kouda uses as models Douglas Stewart and Judith Wright. In the first case, Stewart displays a correspondence between himself and the landscape , and a sense of the perfection of creation, in the light of this, the poet can at times 'escape' into a symbolic perfection away from the unpleasant aspects of social life. Kouda concludes that Stewart's poems 'take no further new meanings than we find in the traditional ballads.' (Introduction)
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