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David Malouf and the Poetic. ISBN 9781604979367 / 1604979364
Publisher: Cambria Press, 2017
Cambria Press, 2017. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Noting that the prose fiction of David Malouf is often called poetic and communicating the style and insights of a poetic imagination, Smith, an independent researcher, English teacher, and former school principal, explores what these and other terms imply for his development as a writer. She draws on his correspondence, diaries, and drafts of works-in-progress to examine how his early works relate to each other and the circumstances in which they were written, to understand his creativity and its boundaries. She discusses his period as a young writer, Johnnno, Bicycle, Neighbours in a Thicket, Poems 1975-76, An Imaginary Life, First Things Last, Childs Play, Fly Away Peter, Antipodes, 12 Edmondstone Street, and Harlands Half Acre in the context in which they were written in Australia and Europe. (2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)