60 Classic Australian Poems

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60 Classic Australian Poems
Author Geoff Page
Language English
GenrePoetry anthology
PublisherUniversity of New South Wales Press
Publication date
2009
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages311 pp.
ISBN 9781921410796

60 Classic Australian Poems is an anthology of poems edited by Australian writer Geoff Page, published by Hardie Grant Books in 2008. [1]

Contents

The collection contains 60 poems from a variety of sources, along with a commentary on each from the editor. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Michael Sharkey, writing in the Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature called the anthology "a brave effort to display the development and achievement of a body or work that will bear comparison with any in the 'Anglosphere'", noting that Page's definition of the world 'classic' "is flexible enough to admit contemporary works that he would happily take with him into the future or which assist his getting there." [3]

Owen Richardson, in The Age noted that Geoff Page "provides thoughtful commentary on his chosen poems", although "his desire to be clear and straightforward can sometimes result in over-explanation". [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "60 Classic Australian Poems edited by Geoff Page". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "60 Classic Australian Poems edited by Geoff Page". Austlit. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  3. ↑ ""60 Classic Australian Poems"". JASAL, Vol 9, 2009. ProQuest   763161456 . Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  4. ↑ ""Close reading shows Page keeping faith"". The Age, 21 March 2009, p23. ProQuest   364188470 . Retrieved 22 December 2024.
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