y separately published work icon Diverse Inheritance: A Personal Perspective on Commonwealth Literature multi chapter work   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 Diverse Inheritance: A Personal Perspective on Commonwealth Literature
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,:Centre for Research in the New Literatures in English , 1980 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Delicate in Nature: Douglas Stewart's 'The Silkworms' Douglas Stewart : The Silkworms, Yasmine Gooneratne , single work criticism
Gooneratne observes the parallel between the life of the silkworm and that of humans. In the language of the poem she hears colloquial, scriptural and literary echoes and analyses their effects. Includes discussion of 'Fire and Ice' by Robert Frost, 'The Cat and the Moon' by W. B. Yeats, and Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock'.
 (p. 79-96)
Autumn Pastoral :David Campbell's Later Verse It's Droughty in the Morning, Yasmine Gooneratne , single work criticism
The author notes a crispness in Campbell's later poetry; the development of a sharpness of both art and sensibility.
 (p. 97-101)
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