Open, mixed, and moving: Recent Australian poetry.

Discusses the evolution of Australian poetry. Traditional songs of the Aboriginal peoples; Seventeenth century coinage Terra Australis; Australia as terra nullius; Australian literature criticism as empirical; English as linguistically and culturally predominant; Historical markers as unreliable; L...

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Publicado en:World Literature Today Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 482 - 489
Autor principal: Hart, Kevin
Formato: Poetry Review
Publicado: World Literature Today Summer93
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Sumario:Discusses the evolution of Australian poetry. Traditional songs of the Aboriginal peoples; Seventeenth century coinage Terra Australis; Australia as terra nullius; Australian literature criticism as empirical; English as linguistically and culturally predominant; Historical markers as unreliable; Late 1960s as a time of loosening up and experimentation; `Em Malley' hoax; Continuing self concept; Australian poets and their works.