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This sequence has so far not been published separately or in a completed version. Parts of it were published in sections headed : 'From The Little Panopticon' in volumes of selected poems by Malouf.
The title of each of the individual poems of this sequence refers to a well-known and influential work of world literature. The poems analyse these texts of 'great' literature, art and culture in what Tulip calls 'a virtuoso and encyclopedic reading of great texts [by Malouf] to release himself from them ... ending his academic career in these exercises, liberating himself from "learning" through an ultimate display of learning' (Introduction to David Malouf, ed. James Tulip, 1990, p.xv).
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Author note: Panopticon: a. The name given by Bentham to a proposed form of prison of circular shape having cells built around and fully exposed towards a central 'well', whence the warder could at all times observe the prisoners. b. fig. and trans. A place where everything is visible; a show-room for novelties.
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A Commentary on Galatians
i
"Ants",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 95) Selected Poems 1991; (p. 70) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 129) Selected Poems 1959-1989 1994; (p. 82) -
Metamorphoses
i
"The forbidden name: spelled out on a screen as wheatgrain",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 107) Selected Poems 1991; (p. 72) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 137) Selected Poems 1959-1989 1994; (p. 86) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 129) -
Gray's Anatomy
i
"When did he join us,",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 108-109) Selected Poems 1991; (p. 75-76) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 139-141) Selected Poems 1959-1989 1994; (p. 87-88) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 129-130) -
Guide to the Perplexed
i
"As unpredictable as picnic weather, blue",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 99) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 275) David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview 1990; (p. 242) Selected Poems 1991; (p. 74) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 133) Selected Poems 1959-1989 1994; (p. 84)
— Appears in: Whispers from the Faraway South : Translations of Selected Australian Poetry 1999; (p. 138-140) -
Religio Medici
i
"Not much to be said",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 96) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 131) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 123-124) -
Theologia Germanica
i
"Burning with zeal: whole villages",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 100-101) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 132) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 122) -
Elective Affinities
i
"Under pressure only wood keeps its grain, spike and screw",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 104-105) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 135) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 127) -
A Critique of Pure Reason
i
"A new style of preaching",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 101-102) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 136) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 124) -
The City of God
i
"Brightest of all cities that behind wet lights and planets",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 110-111) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 142) -
The Interpretation of Dreams
i
"Au paradis: four nights to forge The Ring, and history's made",
1977
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Nation Review , 18-24 August 1977; (p. 16) Selected Poems 1981; (p. 102-103) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 125-126) -
The Elements of Geometry
i
"In this bankers' town of course art would depend",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 98) David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview 1990; (p. 241-242) Selected Poems 1991; (p. 73) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 130) Selected Poems 1959-1989 1994; (p. 83) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 121) -
A Thousand and One Nights
i
"A boy stops open-mouthed: between",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 100) David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview 1990; (p. 242-243) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 138) -
The Fables
i
"To interpret the wood you first must fall",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 103-104) David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview 1990; (p. 243-244) Selected Poems 1991; (p. 71) Poems 1959-1989 1992; (p. 134) Selected Poems 1959-1989 1994; (p. 85) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 126-127) -
Le theatre et son double
i
"Having escaped the wreck",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 105-106) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 127-128) -
Harmonice Mundi
i
"Here, take a tuning fork, throw it",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 94) Guide to the Perplexed and Other Poems 2007; (p. 9) Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008; (p. 120) -
L'education sentimentale
i
"Set off at any hour, from behind",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 97-98) -
Il Pastor Fido
i
"Up here in valleys still within shouting distance",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 106-107) -
La Divina Commedia
i
"To take the big gamble - leave the church",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1981; (p. 111)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview : Introduction
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview 1990; (p. ix-xxiv)
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David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview : Introduction
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: David Malouf : Johnno, Short Stories, Poems, Essays and Interview 1990; (p. ix-xxiv)
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