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Discusses works by six Australian poets who have found themselves suffering from cancer, a form of poetry which has been termed 'Autopathography'.
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Epigraph: 'Cancer is a rare and still scandalous subject for poetry; and it seems unimaginable to aestheticise the disease.' Susan Sontag
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Subjects:
- 'A World of Its Own' 1977 selected work poetry
- Poems January-August 2004 2004 selected work poetry
- In the Constellation of the Crab 1996 selected work poetry
- Things Happen 1995 selected work poetry
- Collected Poems 1990 selected work poetry
- Bone Scan 1988 selected work poetry
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