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yes, Doug, plenty of their own work in this anth. as well as the odd if at times slightly offensive introductions to each poet __________________________ Jill Jones [log in to unmask] website: www.jilljones.com.au blog: rubystreet.blogspot.com On 14/01/2012, at 2:47 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote: > Ha: I remember their earlier anthology, which, to my taste, left out > a lot of the most interesting of their contemporaries; & I can bet > they now leave out some of the most interesting younger ones.... > Shall we say, ultra-trad? But as I recall, they do like their own > work.... > > Doug > On 2012-01-12, at 2:18 PM, Max Richards wrote: > >> Australian Poetry Since 1788 >> By Geoffrey Lehmann (Edited by), Robert Gray (Edited by) >> Format: Hardback, 1108 pages >> Release Date: 01 October 2011 >> A good poem is one that the world cant forget or is delighted to >> rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by >> two of Australias foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, >> contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and >> promises to become a classic. Included here are Australias major >> poets, and lesser-known but equally affecting ones, and all >> manifestations of Australian poetry since 1788, from concrete poems >> to prose poems, from the cerebral to the nave, from the humorous to >> the confessional, and from formal to free verse. Translations of >> some striking Aboriginal song poems are one of the high points. >> Containing over 1000 poems from 170 Australian poets, as well as >> short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian >> poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a >> lifetime.Like the book? Join the conversation on Twitter. >> >> On 13/01/2012, at 2:54 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote: >> >>> Ah: some info there, Jill. I take you meant 1000 pages? >>> >>> Yikes. >>> >>> Doug >> > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Latest books: > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > Wednesdays' > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html > > What dull barbarians are not proud of > their dullness and barbarism? > > Thackeray > > > > > > > > > > > >