Selected Poems: Text Classics
$16.49
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2023
Summary
A collection of poems by the Australian poet Lesbia Harford, selected and introduced by Gerald Murnane.
“I love you more Than God loves the world.”
Little published in her lifetime, Lesbia Harford died young in the late 1920s. Her short lyrical poems—about social justice, revolution, free love, feminism and the experience of women—display a candour and dynamism unusual for her time and place.
This essential new selection of her finest work, chosen and introduced by Ger…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922790293 |
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| ISBN-10: | 192279029X |
| Author: | Lesbia Harford |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 98g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 167mm x 274mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
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Critics Review
‘Lesbia Harford’s poetry is astonishing.’ * Drusilla Modjeska *
‘Murnane’s thoughtful selection opens a luminous window onto Harford’s important poetry for a new wave of readers.’ * Australian Book Review *
Lesbia Harford
Gerald Murnane was born in Melbourne in 1939. He has been a primary teacher, an editor, and a university lecturer.
His debut novel, Tamarisk Row (1974), was followed by nine other works of fiction, including The Plains and, most recently, A Million Windows.
In 1999, Murnane won the Patrick White Award, and in 2009, he won the Melbourne Prize for Literature. His memoir, Something for the Pain, won the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Award for non-fiction.
He lives in western Victoria.
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