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Poets and Perspectives: Banjo Paterson

  • ISBN-13: 9781920831394
  • Publisher: HALSTEAD PRESS
    Imprint: HALSTEAD PRESS
  • By Banjo Paterson
  • Price: AUD $22.95
  • Stock: 899 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 01/03/2025
  • Format: Paperback (215.00mm X 154.00mm) 128 pages Weight: 300g
  • Categories: Poetry by individual poets [DCF]
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A selection of Australian bush icon Banjo Paterson’s poems arranged approximately in order of publication from 1885 to 1933. Includes a preface by Clancy of the Overflow’s great-grandson and comes with essays and reflections including “Singers among Savages” and “Kipling’s Work” by A.B. Paterson, “Banjo as Literature: What Experts Don’t Know about Poetry” by Matthew Richardson, and “Banjo Paterson: A Poet Nearly Anonymous” by Prof. Harry Heseltine, and quotes from other poets who tackled Banjo in the "Town v. Bush" debate.

* The best poems of  Australias favourite poet.
* Includes Banjo Paterson’s talks and writing on his ideas about poetry.
* Includes though provoking readable essays about Banjo and poetry.
* Preface is by Prof. Robert Clancy, great-grandson of Clancy of the Overflow.
* Has a verse section on the famous "Town v. Bush" debate between Banjo and his critics.
* All the old favourites are there—Mulga Bill, Waltzing Matilda, Bush Christening, Man from Snowy River, Man from Ironbark etc. 
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* Approaches being made to poetry and writers festivals, and university departments as well as general media and lierary media.





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