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Clarke investigates Kendall's 'private myth' in Poems and Songs in which the poet seeks a maiden who has crossed a sea and entered a strange land. In later volumes, Kendall's expansion of this myth anticipates the symbolists because of his exploration of the "conception that human existence is an absence from the Divine, and Time a deprivation of Eternity". Clarke concludes that Kendall needs to be considered in terms other than "Australian" to appreciate the full impact of his poetry, his borrowings and anticipations.
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Includes reference to the influence of Edgar Allen Poe on Henry Kendall.
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Henry Kendall: A Study in Imagery
Subjects:
- Leaves from Australian Forests 1869 selected work poetry
- Araluen 1869 single work poetry
- Orara 1879 single work poetry
- Poems and Songs 1862 selected work poetry
- Araluen 1879 single work poetry
- Fainting by the Way 1861 single work poetry
- The Maid of Gerringong 1862 single work poetry
- Bush,
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