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The Oxford Book Of Australasian Verse
''The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse ''(1918) is anthology of poems by Australian and New Zealand poets edited by Walter Murdoch. It was originally published in hardback by Oxford University Press in London in 1918. After the original publication by Oxford University Press in 1918, the anthology was reprinted in 1924, 1945, and 1950. The contents were changed with each edition. The anthology includes 192 poems by various authors in the 1918 edition, 186 poems in the 1924 edition, 205 poems in the 1945 edition, and 216 poems in the 1950 edition. Contents of the 1918 edition The 1918 edition of the anthology contained the following poems: * From : "Australasia", William Charles Wentworth * " Weary", Henry Parkes * "Four Score", Henry Parkes * "Fatherland", Henry Parkes * "The Eye of the Beholder", James L. Michael * "Words", Charles Harpur * " A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest", Charles Harpur * "Andrew Marvell", Charles Harpur * " A Similitude", Charles Harpur * " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Murdoch
Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, (17 September 187430 July 1970) was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence and wit. He was a founding professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, Western Australia. A member of the prominent Australian Murdoch family, he was the father of Catherine, later prominent as Dr Catherine King (1904–2000), a radio broadcaster in Western Australia; the uncle of both Sir Keith, a journalist and newspaper executive, and Ivon, a soldier in the Australian Army; and the great-uncle of international media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch University is named in Sir Walter's honour; as is Murdoch, the suburb surrounding its main campus, located in Perth, Western Australia. Background and early career Murdoch was born on 17 September 1874 at Rosehearty, Scotland to Rev. James Murdoch, minister of the Free Church of Scotland, and his wife Helen, née Garden, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |