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* Contents derived from the Melbourne,Victoria,:George Robertson,1883 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A group of white men wander into the Australian wilderness in search of discovery. They marvel at the foreignness of the landscape before settling down to sleep at their camp. They are woken by an attack from a group of Indigenous Australians. Seeing his friends killed, Egremont flees into a creek and finds a cavity in the earth to hide in. His pursuers give up their hunt, unable to find him, and he escapes.
The Literary Reputation of Charles HarpurVijay C. Mishra,
1976single work criticism — Appears in:
Southerly,Decembervol.
36no.
41976;(p. 432-440)Contrary to the opinion of many 20C critics, Mishra finds that the criticism of Harpur during these years labelled him as a poet of "ideas" rather than a "songster" and second-rate descriptive writer. While reception remained mixed, some reviewers were aware of the editorial intervention in Harpur's collected works of 1883.
Charles HarpurFrank Hutchinson,
1883single work review — Appears in:
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser,8 Septembervol.
36no.
12091883;(p. 437-438) — Review of
PoemsCharles Harpur,
1883selected work poetry '...To say that the publication of this book will realise the hope of Charles Harpur's life and establish him as the bard of his country, "Australia's first great poet", would be to mock the love and devotion that have given his work to the world, and, indeed, the dead poet himself. Great poet he was not, and there is nothing about his poetry, except perhaps its roughness, specially of Australia. He had no such poet's eye either for the outer or the inner nature of his native land as the vision of both that passed into his brother bards' very being, and alone made him the poet that he was... there is no doubt that Charles Harpur may claim true minstrel-kindred as one of the first and best of the early singers of his native land.'
Charles HarpurFrank Hutchinson,
1883single work review — Appears in:
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser,8 Septembervol.
36no.
12091883;(p. 437-438) — Review of
PoemsCharles Harpur,
1883selected work poetry '...To say that the publication of this book will realise the hope of Charles Harpur's life and establish him as the bard of his country, "Australia's first great poet", would be to mock the love and devotion that have given his work to the world, and, indeed, the dead poet himself. Great poet he was not, and there is nothing about his poetry, except perhaps its roughness, specially of Australia. He had no such poet's eye either for the outer or the inner nature of his native land as the vision of both that passed into his brother bards' very being, and alone made him the poet that he was... there is no doubt that Charles Harpur may claim true minstrel-kindred as one of the first and best of the early singers of his native land.'
Review1883single work review — Appears in:
The South Australian Register,10 Septembervol.
48no.
114891883;(p. 6) — Review of
PoemsCharles Harpur,
1883selected work poetry
The Literary Reputation of Charles HarpurVijay C. Mishra,
1976single work criticism — Appears in:
Southerly,Decembervol.
36no.
41976;(p. 432-440)Contrary to the opinion of many 20C critics, Mishra finds that the criticism of Harpur during these years labelled him as a poet of "ideas" rather than a "songster" and second-rate descriptive writer. While reception remained mixed, some reviewers were aware of the editorial intervention in Harpur's collected works of 1883.
