A. D. Hope
A Memoir of a Literary Friendship
$29.03
- Paperback
188 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2025
Summary
A. D. (Alec) Hope (1907-2000) was one of the most significant Australian poets of the twentieth century: satirist, scholar, master at once of erotic verse and of the discursive mode, author of poems (‘Australia’, ‘The Death of the Bird’) that, along with the works of Patrick White, Judith Wright and Manning Clarke, scripted Australian thought for decades. David Brooks, forty-six years his junior, first met Hope when, as a student, the ANU asked him to photograph the poet for a building they’d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780994429636 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0994429630 |
| Author: | David Brooks |
| Publisher: | Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 188 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 124mm |
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About The Author
David Brooks
David Brooks is a poet, novelist, short-fiction writer and essayist. He has taught literature at various Australian universities, and from 1999 until 2018 was co-editor of Southerly, Australia’s premier journal of Australian literature and new Australian writing. He is a vegan and animal rights advocate, and lives in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. In 2014 he was awarded an Australia Council Fellow ship for his distinguished contribution to Australian and international literature.
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