Les Murray

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Author: Steven Matthews

ISBN-10: 0719054478

ISBN-13: 9780719054471

Category: Australasian & Oceanian Literature

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Matthews (English, Oxford Brookes U.) has written a cogent assessment of the life and poetry of Australian Les Murray, one that acknowledges the controversial issues arising from Murray's Christian values and conservative political activities. The text will be useful both for undergraduate courses and for scholars who seek an introduction to this gifted poet. Distributed in the US by Palgrave. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Series Editor's ForewordAbbreviationsChronology1Contexts and intertexts12This country is my mind: The Ilex Tree and The Weatherboard Cathedral393Ethnic radios: Poems Against Economics, Lunch and Counter Lunch, and Ethnic Radio574God bless the general poetries? The Boys Who Stole the Funeral, The People's Otherworld, The Daylight Moon and Dog Fox Field845Presences: Translations from the Natural World, Subhuman Redneck Poems and Fredy Neptune1216Critical overview and conclusion145Notes157Bibliography167Index181