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  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Max is Missing
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

A collection of 41 poems some of which had been previously published. The subjects of the poems range from historic European cities to the Australia of Porter's childhood and the quiet domestic scene.

Notes

  • Dedication: For Evan Jones
  • Content indexing in process.

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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Deo Gratias Angliai"So when the moon is high on ancient spell", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 4)
Late Linesi"Miscellanies as far afield as Tottel", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 9)
Max is Missingi"The stars are there as mathematics is,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
The Puppy of Heaveni"No one to flee from down the", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 19)
Last Wordsi"In the beginning was the Word", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Streetside Poppiesi"After fifty years of writing poetry", Peter Porter , single work poetry
In Paradisumi"The human body's a barometer", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Orlando's Parroti"My grandson's lighter-than-air sad parrot", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Come Close My Eyesi"Our evil days grow shorter and the span", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Sydney Spidersi"That these seraphically pendentive killing fields", Peter Porter , single work poetry
A Butterfly Stampedei"Softest of God's creatures ganging up", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Reinventing the Wheeli"The age demands that we invent the wheel.", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Servants of the Servant of the Musei"Brave Servitos! The ones who wrote the wounding letters,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Atheist's Comedyi"Variety's the life of spice words say", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Undarken'd Rayi"Even those wily moralists who guess", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Last Hours of Cassiodorusi"God is laying his last slat to the roof,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Le Patron Mange Icii"Despite what Auden wrote", Peter Porter , single work poetry
So Unimaginably Different and So Long Agoi"We who would probably want to remake", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Antonio Soler's Fingertipsi"Starting, starting, starting - I achieve", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Old Friendsi"Caught by your trade - a spacious memoir", Peter Porter , single work poetry
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Picador ,       2001 .
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      This image has been sourced from Amazon
      Extent: xi, 75p.p.
      ISBN: 0330486985 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

Memoir as Suicide Susan Bradley Smith , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 14 no. 2 2010; 'Anecdotal by necessity, this essay through an act of confession considers the advantages and disadvantages of memoir as a genre for the contemporary writer who is also an academic. Employing the ruminative techniques of the lyric essay in order to question the reliance of confessional prose on anecdotal narrative, the prose style deliberately mingles genres in fragments that attempt both to stalk the subject - confessional ethics - and to free it from a narrative entrapment where content is supreme to textual expression. Considering also the notion of creative writing as therapy, and the vanity of the self-directed gaze, any resolutions are avoided as intimacies reveal the thorny negotiations of writing and revelation.' (Author's abstract)
Perfect Gentleman Sandra McLean , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 September 2003; (p. 7)
Indicators : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 170 2003; (p. 135-138)
— Review of Otherland no. 8 2002 periodical issue ; Girl With Green Hair Liz Hall-Downs , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree Margaret Bradstock , 1999 selected work poetry ; Max is Missing Peter Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind Debbie Westbury , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir Martin R. Johnson , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Ventriloquist's Child Clayton Hansen , 2001 selected work poetry short story
A Year of Reading Well : Poetry Lyn McCredden , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2002; (p. 7)
Flights of the Plain and Fancy A. P. Riemer , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 May 2002; (p. 10)
— Review of Max is Missing Peter Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; Darker and Lighter Geoff Page , 2001 selected work poetry ; Ultra : 25 Poems John Tranter , 2001 selected work poetry ; And Dug My Fingers in the Sand Brook Emery , 2000 selected work poetry
Indicators : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 170 2003; (p. 135-138)
— Review of Otherland no. 8 2002 periodical issue ; Girl With Green Hair Liz Hall-Downs , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree Margaret Bradstock , 1999 selected work poetry ; Max is Missing Peter Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind Debbie Westbury , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir Martin R. Johnson , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Ventriloquist's Child Clayton Hansen , 2001 selected work poetry short story
Deft Confrontations with Ageing and Death David McCooey , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 January 2002; (p. 7)
— Review of Max is Missing Peter Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; Darker and Lighter Geoff Page , 2001 selected work poetry
A Thought Per Word Peter Goldsworthy , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 238 2002; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Max is Missing Peter Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
A Portable Labyrinth Gerald Mangan , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 8 March no. 5162 2002; (p. 25)
— Review of Max is Missing Peter Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
Verse and Converse Philip Harvey , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , May vol. 12 no. 4 2002; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Max is Missing Peter Porter , 2001 selected work poetry
Perfect Gentleman Sandra McLean , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 September 2003; (p. 7)
Memoir as Suicide Susan Bradley Smith , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 14 no. 2 2010; 'Anecdotal by necessity, this essay through an act of confession considers the advantages and disadvantages of memoir as a genre for the contemporary writer who is also an academic. Employing the ruminative techniques of the lyric essay in order to question the reliance of confessional prose on anecdotal narrative, the prose style deliberately mingles genres in fragments that attempt both to stalk the subject - confessional ethics - and to free it from a narrative entrapment where content is supreme to textual expression. Considering also the notion of creative writing as therapy, and the vanity of the self-directed gaze, any resolutions are avoided as intimacies reveal the thorny negotiations of writing and revelation.' (Author's abstract)
A Year of Reading Well : Poetry Lyn McCredden , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2002; (p. 7)
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