One hundred and three poems and two books of light verse are the basis of Adrian Caesar's review of Kenneth Slessor's life and works. The…
It is strange to think of 1944, with its shortages and paper rationing, as an annus mirabilis for a publisher, but in that year Angus…
Brian Kiernan's study joins William Walsh's as a sensible introductory study of Patrick White's oeuvre (up to but not including The Twyborn Affair). Like…
There is a decided difference of viewpoint in these two surveys of Australian Literature though they must have been written within metres of each other--Professor…
Tracing the poet's recourse to philosophical and theological ideas, Croft argues that 'The Face of the Waters' leaves an impression of 'terror and incomprehension at…
Julian Croft reviews the following volumes:
I Can Jump Oceans: The World of Alan Marshall, by Harry Marks (Nelson Australia, Melbourne, 1977).
A Man…
Discusses the perception of a division in Australian society between those who followed the English model and pattern and those who adopted differing manners of…
'Five Bells' is admired for its imagery, emotional intensity, and the technical proficiency of its verse. The ideas expressed in it embarrass some critics and…
Comments on the differences between Slessor’s own notes on ‘Five Visions’ and Croft’s earlier article.
Professor Thomson's collection of Critical Essays on Kenneth Slessor falls into three parts: two new articles, one by the editor and another by him in…
A close reading of Slessor’s sequence, focussing on the nature of the visions and the visionaries; the use Slessor makes of his sources; and questions…