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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters
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* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters : Introduction, Dennis Haskell , single work criticism (p. xi-xxix)
Earth-Visitors (to N.L.)i"There were strange riders once, came gusting down", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Nurembergi"So quiet it was in that high, sun-steeped room,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Marco Poloi"Reading how Marco Polo came", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Mangrovesi"These black bush-waters, heavy with crusted boughs", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Winter Dawni"At five I wake, rise, rub on the smoking pane", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Starsi""THESE are the floating berries of the night,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Next Turni"NO pause! The buried pipes ring out,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 11)
City Nightfalli"SMOKE upon smoke; over the stone lips", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Adventure Bayi"Sophie's my world - my arm must soon or later", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Night-Ridei"Gas flaring on the yellow platform; voices running up and down;", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 12)
Realities (to the Etchings of Norman Lindsay)i"Now the statues lean over each to each, and sing,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Captain Dobbini"Captain Dobbin, having retired from the South Seas", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 14-18)
The Atlas : 4 : Mermaidsi"ONCE Mermaids mocked your ships", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Atlas : 5 : the Seafighti"Here in a gulf of golden leaf", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Elegy in a Botanic Gardensi"The smell of birds' nests faintly burning", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 21)
Untitledi"Cook was a captain of the Admiralty", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Untitledi"Flowers turned to stone! Not all the botany", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Untitledi"Two chronometers the captain had,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 24)
Untitledi"Sometimes the god would fold his wings", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 25)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Also includes a selection of Slessor's letters not individually indexed.

Works about this Work

Constellating an Unconstellated Star : Christopher Brennan's Relationships with Australian Poetry and Poets Phillip A Ellis , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Explorations In Australian Poetry 2010; (p. 58-79)
Phillip A. Ellis's essay 'looks at poet Christopher Brennan's relationships, and his influence, as both subject of critical and scholarly material.' (vii)
The Drowned World of Kenneth Slessor Jeffrey Poacher , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 20 no. 1 2001; (p. 5-19)
Examines one of Slessor's central preoccupations - his fascination with drowning - and its significance in Slessor's work.
Slessor's Contradictions David Carment , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , Dry Season vol. 15 no. 1 1992; (p. 82-83)

— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters Kenneth Slessor , 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism
Slessor and Neilson Books Recover Two Australian Poets... Herbert C. Jaffa , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 6 no. 2 1992; (p. 159-161)

— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters Kenneth Slessor , 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; John Shaw Neilson : Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence John Shaw Neilson , 1991 selected work poetry autobiography correspondence extract
Roots and Writers James Griffin , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Redoubt , Summer no. 13 1992; (p. 86-90)

— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters Kenneth Slessor , 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; HeyDays : Memories and Glimpses of Melbourne's Bohemia 1937-1947 Alister Kershaw , 1991 single work autobiography
Some Roundabouts and a Swing Reba Gostand , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , December vol. 10 no. 4 1991; (p. 59-60)

— Review of The Life and Opinions of Tom Collins : A Study of the Works of Joseph Furphy Julian Croft , 1991 multi chapter work criticism ; John Shaw Neilson : Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence John Shaw Neilson , 1991 selected work poetry autobiography correspondence extract ; Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters Kenneth Slessor , 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; The Ivory Swing Janette Turner Hospital , 1982 single work novel
Cambridge as She'll Never be Again... Penelope Nelson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 July 1991; (p. rev 5)

— Review of May Week Was in June : Unreliable Memoirs Continued Clive James , 1990 single work autobiography ; Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters Kenneth Slessor , 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism
Untitled C. A. Cranston , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Preludes : A Literary Annual , November no. 7 1991; (p. 72-73)

— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters Kenneth Slessor , 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism
Untitled Lila Reay , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Writer's News , June vol. 5 no. 12 1991; (p. 10)

— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters Kenneth Slessor , 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; The Folly of Spring : A Study of John Shaw Neilson's Poetry Cliff Hanna , 1990 selected work criticism biography ; The Poetry of Canberra 1990 anthology poetry
Roots and Writers James Griffin , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Redoubt , Summer no. 13 1992; (p. 86-90)

— Review of Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters Kenneth Slessor , 1991 selected work poetry prose extract correspondence criticism ; HeyDays : Memories and Glimpses of Melbourne's Bohemia 1937-1947 Alister Kershaw , 1991 single work autobiography
Constellating an Unconstellated Star : Christopher Brennan's Relationships with Australian Poetry and Poets Phillip A Ellis , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Explorations In Australian Poetry 2010; (p. 58-79)
Phillip A. Ellis's essay 'looks at poet Christopher Brennan's relationships, and his influence, as both subject of critical and scholarly material.' (vii)
The Drowned World of Kenneth Slessor Jeffrey Poacher , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 20 no. 1 2001; (p. 5-19)
Examines one of Slessor's central preoccupations - his fascination with drowning - and its significance in Slessor's work.
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