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* Contents derived from the Nedlands,Inner Perth,Perth,Western Australia,:North Fremantle,Fremantle area,South West Perth,Perth,Western Australia,:University of Western Australia. Centre for Studies in Australian Literature,Fremantle Press,2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Phillips draws on John Kinsella's biographical details to help explain the subject matter of, and influences behind, Kinsella's poetry. He argues that Kinsella's poetic fecundity, literary development and career in general is based on an "extraordinary energy and talent" and intelligence. Kinsella has risen frenetically to "'the middle way' in the life of a writer" and with involvement in many current projects has a future of "extraordinary expectation".
Radical Pastoralism : John Kinsella's Great ‘Pastoral Trilogy'Liu Pingping,
Glen Phillips,
2009single work criticism — Appears in:
Landscapes,Autumnvol.
3no.
12009;(p. 1-13)'The purpose in this paper is to trace the poetic progress of John Kinsella, as an example of an Australian poetic attack on the traditions of the 'pastoral Eden' − the idea that humans are inclined to be more moral and more appealingly human if they are closer to 'Nature', i.e., away from the inherent evil and corrupting influences of cities, or similar urban and industrial situations.' (p. 1)
Radical Pastoralism : John Kinsella's Great ‘Pastoral Trilogy'Liu Pingping,
Glen Phillips,
2009single work criticism — Appears in:
Landscapes,Autumnvol.
3no.
12009;(p. 1-13)'The purpose in this paper is to trace the poetic progress of John Kinsella, as an example of an Australian poetic attack on the traditions of the 'pastoral Eden' − the idea that humans are inclined to be more moral and more appealingly human if they are closer to 'Nature', i.e., away from the inherent evil and corrupting influences of cities, or similar urban and industrial situations.' (p. 1)