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Bezig met laden... The Best Australian Poetry 2007door John Tranter
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I confess that with this book and me it was irritation at first sight. What does it mean to publish a 'best of 2007' book in September? A quick look up the back of the book reveals that a couple of its poems were first published in 2005 and the rest in 2006. Ok, that's my first nitpick out of the way. Then I looked at the list of 'Journals Where the Poems First Appeared' (the books is subtitled 'a selection of the best poems from Australia's literary journals'), and was a bit surprised to see that Quadrant didn't get a guernsey. But it turns out that there are poems from that venerable right-wing rag, and from the equally venerable left-wing, though less well funded, rag Overland, which also doesn't rate a mention in that list. And there's more substantial cause for irritation: more than 40 of the book's 120 pages are devoted to commentary: introductory material by and about the guest editor and the series editors, and then notes from the contributing poets about the poems, which reminded me inevitably of William Carlos Williams's remark: 'You should never explain a poem but it sometimes helps nevertheless.' Some of the poets' own commentaries here are witty, some illuminating, but most plain dull, presumably because they'd said what they wanted to say. My massing irritation didn't exactly put me in a mood to enjoy the forty poems, some of which, it turns out, are very good. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The Best Australian Poetry 2007celebrates the vibrancy and force of poetry in Australia now. Guest Editor John Tranter has selected 40 of the best poems of the preceding year. With revealing comments from the poets, The Best Australian Poetry 2007is an indispensable addition to a series. Now in its fifth year, it is widely recognised as the most dependable guide to what is new and remarkable in Australian poetry. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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