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Because (McAuley Poem)
"Because" is a poem by Australian poet James McAuley. It was first published in the anthology ''Australian Poetry 1968'' edited by Dorothy Auchterlonie, and later in several of the author's collections and in other Australian poetry anthologies. Outline The poet looks back at his childhood, and at his parents, and notes that they lived a life of restraint, duty and self-discipline that was very prevalent in Australia between the World Wars. They were good people, with limitations. Analysis Noel Rowe wrote about McAuley's poetry in an essay for ''Southerly'' titled "James McAuley: The Possibility of Despair" and commented that the poem "wants a final reason for human sorrow", and that "it seems to be coming to terms with limited parents and limited love". In his commentary on the poem in ''60 Classic Australian Poems'' Geoff Page noted that "McAuley seems almost to be musing to himself – or, perhaps more accurately, confiding to a trusted friend about the limitations of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McAuley
James Phillip McAuley (12 October 1917 – 15 October 1976) was an Australian academic, poet, journalist, literary critic, and a prominent convert to Roman Catholicism. He was involved in the Ern Malley poetry hoax. Life and career McAuley was born in Lakemba, a suburb of Sydney. He was educated at Fort Street High School and then attended Sydney University, where he majored in English, Latin and philosophy (which he studied under John Anderson. In 1937 he edited ''Hermes'', the annual literary journal of the University of Sydney Union, in which many of his early poems, beginning in 1935, were published until 1941. He began his life as an Anglican and was sometime organist and choirmaster at Holy Trinity Church, Dulwich Hill, in Sydney. In 1943, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the militia for the Australian Army and served in Melbourne ( DORCA) and Canberra. After the war he also spent time in New Guinea, which he regarded as his second "spiritual home". There he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Auchterlonie Green
Dorothy Auchterlonie (also known as Dorothy Green; 28 May 1915 – 21 February 1991) was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet. Life Auchterlonie was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland, County Durham in England. In 1927 when she was 12 years old, her family moved to Australia. Educated in both England and Australia, Auchterlonie went on to study at the University of Sydney, where she completed a first-class honours and then an M.A. in English. During her time there Auchterlonie became a member of an elite group that included the brilliant and flamboyant poet James McAuley, Amy Witting, Joan Fraser (who wrote under the pseudonym Amy Witting), Harold Stewart, Oliver Somerville, Alan Crawford and Ronald Dunlop. James McAuley and Harold Stewart were later to become notorious for perpetrating the Ern Malley hoax. The group was described by Peter Coleman in his book on James McAuley, as the 'sourly brilliant literary circle', an oblique refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60 Classic Australian Poems
''60 Classic Australian Poems'' is an anthology of poems edited by Australian writer Geoff Page, published by Hardie Grant Books in 2008. The collection contains 60 poems from various sources and a commentary on each from the editor. Contents * " The Sick Stockrider," Adam Lindsay Gordon * " The Travelling Post Office," A. B. Paterson * "Nationality," Mary Gilmore * " Middleton's Rouseabout", Henry Lawson * "Towards the Source: 1894-97: 2," Christopher Brennan * "The Orange Tree," John Shaw Neilson * " The Play (The Sentimental Bloke)," C. J. Dennis * " I'm Like All Lovers" (aka "Poems XIV"), Lesbia Harford * " Beach Burial," Kenneth Slessor * " The Wind at Your Door," Robert D. FitzGerald * " The Mayan Books," A. D. Hope * " The Commercial Traveller's Wife," Ronald McCuaig * " The Children March," Elizabeth Riddell * "Baiamai's Never-Failing Stream," William Hart-Smith * "Mapooram," Roland Robinson * " Death of a Whale," John Blight * "Leopard-Skin," Douglas Stewart * " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 In Poetry
Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, elected leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Australian Senate, Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1968. Events *January 1 – Cecil Day-Lewis is announced as the new Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. *April – The American edition of Paul Winterton, Andrew Garve's thriller ''The Long Short Cut'' becomes the first book printed completely by electronic composition. *May – The Action Theater in Munich is disbanded after its building is wrecked by one of its founders, jealous of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's growing power in the group. *June 17 – Tom Stoppard's parody, parodic comedy ''The Real Inspector Hound'' opens at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End theatre, West End, starring Richard Briers and Ronnie Barker. *July 28 – ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' is cleared of obscenity in the English appeal court. John Mortimer appears for the defence. *September 26 – Theatres Act 1968 (royal assent July 26) ends censorship of the theatre in the United Kingdom. *November – The Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1968. Major publications Books * Thea Astley – ''A Boat Load of Home Folk'' * Kenneth Cook – ''The Wine of God's Anger'' * Frank Dalby Davison – ''The White Thorntree'' * Geoffrey Dutton – ''Andy'' * David Ireland (author), David Ireland – ''The Chantic Bird'' * Thomas Keneally – ''Three Cheers for the Paraclete'' * Norman Lindsay – ''Rooms and Houses'' * John O'Grady (writer), John O'Grady – ''Gone Troppo'' * F. J. Thwaites – ''Sky Full of Thunder'' * Morris West – ''The Tower of Babel (Morris West novel), The Tower of Babel'' Short stories * Louise Elizabeth Rorabacher – ''Aliens in Their Land : The Aborigine in the Australian Short Story'' (edited) * Patrick White – "Five-Twenty" * Michael Wilding (writer), Michael Wilding – "Joe's Absence" Science fiction and fantasy * John Baxter (author), John Baxter – ''The Pacific Book of Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Literature
Australian literature is the literature, written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western culture, Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However, the narrative art of Australian writers has, since 1788, introduced the character of a new continent into literature—exploring such themes as Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginality, ''mateship'', egalitarianism, democracy, national identity, migration, Australia's unique location and geography, the complexities of urban living, and "My Country, the beauty and the terror" of life in the Australian bush. Overview Australian writers who have obtained international renown include the Nobel Prize for Literature, Nobel-winning author Patrick White, as well as authors Christina Stead, Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Poems
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