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In this critical study of Les Murray's work 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 20th century, "Fredy Neptune".

Table of Contents

1. Contexts and intertexts
2. This Country is My Mind; The Ilex Tree, The Weatherboard Cathedral
3. Ethnic Radios; Poems Against Economics, Lunch and Counter Lunch, Ethnic Radio
4. God Bless the General Poetries?; The Boys Whoe Stole the Funeral, The People’s Otherworld, The Daylight Moon, Dog Fox Field
5. Presences; Translations from the Natural World, Subhuman Redneck Poems, Fredy Neptune
6. Critical Overview and Conclusion
7. Bibliography

Les Murray Contemporary World Writers

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 11 January 2001
      ISBN-13 9780719054488
      978-0719054488
      ISBN-10 0719054486

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this critical study of Les Murray's work 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 20th century, "Fredy Neptune".

      Table of Contents

      1. Contexts and intertexts
      2. This Country is My Mind; The Ilex Tree, The Weatherboard Cathedral
      3. Ethnic Radios; Poems Against Economics, Lunch and Counter Lunch, Ethnic Radio
      4. God Bless the General Poetries?; The Boys Whoe Stole the Funeral, The People’s Otherworld, The Daylight Moon, Dog Fox Field
      5. Presences; Translations from the Natural World, Subhuman Redneck Poems, Fredy Neptune
      6. Critical Overview and Conclusion
      7. Bibliography

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