1919 Poems Of Manhood by Mary E. Wilkinson Antique Australian Poetry Book 1st

by Mary E. Wilkinson

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1919 Poems Of Manhood by Mary E. Wilkinson Antique Australian Poetry Book 1st Gleanings From Australasian Verse Poems Of Manhood Gathered by Mary E. Wilkinson Published by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited: Melbourne 1919 (undated) 1st Edition In Original Wrap Bindings "Gleanings From Australasian Verse: Poems of Manhood is an early Australian poetry collection gathered by poet and anthologist Mary E. Wilkinson and published in Melbourne by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited in 1919 (undated - references confirm 1919 as published date). Conceived as part of Wilkinson's Gleanings from Australasian Verse series, the volume was intended not simply as a conventional anthology of celebrated verse, but as a means of preserving worthwhile poems by Australian and Australasian writers whose work might otherwise have been overlooked or forgotten. Wilkinson states in her foreword that particular emphasis was placed upon younger writers who were, in her view, more distinctly Australian in character than many of their predecessors. The collection brings together verse concerned with Australia, masculinity, courage, work, mateship, adventure, war, the bush and the sea, presenting an evocative literary picture of Australian identity during the early twentieth century. Contributors include Roderic Quinn, Nina Murdoch, Jack Sommers, A. G. Stephens, Archibald T. Strong, Geoffrey Wall and others, alongside established colonial poets. Particularly notable is the inclusion of Adam Lindsay Gordon's "The Swimmer",

• Publisher: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited: Melbourne
• Year: 1919
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Good

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