Volume 7 No. 2 — 1 October 1975

Centre of Fierceness : Francis Webb’s Vision of the Artist

Bill Ashcroft
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Published 1 October 1975 in Volume 7 No. 2. Subjects: Poetic creative process, Poetic techniques, Symbolism.

Cite as: Ashcroft, Bill. ‘Centre of Fierceness : Francis Webb’s Vision of the Artist.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1975. https://doi.org/10.20314/als.3c4b335f22.

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