Poetic inspiration
Articles
- ‘In the Hollow of the Heart’ : Dorothy Hewett’s Early Imaginative Life
The article for the first time discusses Hewett’s early unpublished poetry which still exists only in manuscript and typescript in the National Library of Australia…
1 May 2009 - ‘The Orange Tree’ and the Limitations of Poetry
Hanna stresses the importance of the “child-vision” in Neilson’s poetry and its connection to Neilson’s idea of Love. Hanna argues that the two children in…
1 May 1978 - Establishing an Australian/Caribbean Alliance : Stories Passed on by Penny van Toorn and Olive Senior
'Although history is written by the winners, social memory cannot ever be completely eradicated (short of committing genocide),' writes Penny van Toom, 'because memories remain…
1 November 2010 - Thea Astley’s An Item from the Late News: A Fictional Fifth Gospel
Commentators have been quick to recognise Wafer, Item’s protagonist as a Christ-figure, and to discuss aspects of what Roslynn Haynes perceived to be a…
29 October 2020