In some poetry the sense of the fineness of artistic organization is a particularly important part of what is conveyed. Among Australian poets Rosemary Dobson's…
In 1851 Arthur Hugh Clough was an applicant for the Chair of Classics in Sydney University. His application failed, and the appointment was given to…
McAuley offers close examination of a number of Wright's poems, including 'Bullocky', 'Woman to Man', 'South of My Days' and 'The Bull', focusing particularly on…
McAuley’s critique of John Shaw Neilson’s poetry identifies a “weakness in diction arising from a certain clumsiness and lack of self-clarification in the poet”. Nevertheless…
'To hell with literature / let's start a magazine', wrote E. E. Cummings, and the rest of his amusing poem is not without relevance to…