| Les Murray Contributor(s): Matthews, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719054486 ISBN-13: 9780719054488 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: In the only full critical study of Les Murray's work, Steven Matthews provides a complete account of the poet's career to date. A controversial figure, Murray's version of Australian republicanism has caused heated argument about the future direction of his country as it moves away from its colonial past. With detailed readings of major poems, and literary and cultural contexts surrounding the work, Matthews gives an overview of Murray's place in Australian literature and national thought. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| LCCN: 2001032601 |
| Series: Contemporary World Writers |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.68" W x 7.58" (0.48 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Les Murray is amongst the most gifted poets writing today, his multi-faceted talents have received high praise both in his native Australia and beyond. But he has also proved a controversial figure, whose poetry strays across the boundaries of political and cultural debate. The only full critical study of Murray's work available, Steven Matthews provides a complete picture of his career to date, from its early parables of national emergence to the working man's epic encounter with the major events of the twentieth century, Fredy Neptune. Provides detailed readings of key poems, as well as literary and cultural contexts for the rapid shifts in style and subject matter Murray has made from collection to collection. Gives an overview of Murray's place within Australian literature and national thought. |