A collection of poetry spanning the full range of the African-born author's acclaimed career has been updated to include seven never-before-published works, as well as much of his early poetry that explores such themes as the African consciousness, the tragedy of Biafra, and the mysteries of human r
Francis Webb Collected Poems
โ Scribed by Toby Davidson
- Publisher
- UWA Press;UWA Pub
- Year
- 2008;2011
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 271 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Francis Webb Collected Poems welcomes the return of Australia's most gifted and prodigious poet, Francis Webb, back into print. Webb wrote on varied subjects: the sea, postwar Australian cities, mental illness, colonial histories as well as religious and political figures, including St Francis and Hitler. His poems are written in a range of styles, from humorous short verse to epics and radio plays. The worlds he created โ which draw on Australian landscapes, myths and religion โ resonate with the universal quest for self-knowledge, and his words have been a source of inspiration for generations of writers and readers. This long-awaited, definitive collection of Webb's poems is the first edition to incorporate Webb's final changes โ previously ignored by editors โ to several of his poems written in 1969.
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