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1 online resource (341 pages) |
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| Contents |
Travelling without Gods; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Footloose, a Senior's Moment; Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Descendentalist; Gifts for his Eightieth Birthday; 39 Beauview Parade; A Poet among the Painters; Montaigne; Near Heidelberg; Urbane Celebrant of 'The Abundant Secular'; The Imaginary Grandstand; Student, Teacher, Friend; The Universe Cranks Up; Judith Wright Arts Centre; 'Amphibious': A Reading; 'Good Friday Seder at Separation Creek': A Reading; 'That Which Is': A Reading; The Echidna; Poem Ending with a Line Abandoned by Chris Wallace-Crabbe; Freudian Homage. |
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The Poet as (Anti- )TheologianNew Year's Eve; Grandfather George; Chris-Crossing the World; An Autumn Poem for Chris; Three Poems from the Catullan Rag; Dear Retrospect; Scruffy Sonnets; Inscape; A Section; Notes; Chris Wallace-Crabbe List of Works; Biographical Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
Wide-ranging in theme and context, it explores the imaginative effects of his writing. A tribute to Chris on the occasion of this eightieth birthday, in many ways it suggests an alternative cultural history of Australia since the 1950s. Containing biographical and critical pieces, poems (including new work by Chris) and essays that respond to his career Travelling without Gods takes account of the decades in which he has written. It illuminates, celebrates and critiques his work in its various contexts. Travelling without Gods also offers, importantly, a sample of Chris Wallace-Crabbe's un. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wallace-Crabbe, Chris.
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Wallace-Crabbe, Chris. |
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Poets, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Poets, Australian. |
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20th century |
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Australian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Australian poetry. |
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1900-1999 |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Atherton, Cassandra. Travelling Without Gods : A Chris Wallace-Crabbe Companion. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, ©2014 |
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0522866360 |
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9780522866360 (electronic book) |
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