Collected Verse of John Shaw Neilson
$38.36
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2012
Summary
John Shaw Neilson received only a basic education, yet became one of Australia’s best poets. He was born at Penola, South Australia on 22 February 1872. Raised by a family of poor labourers, Neilson worked as a farm hand. In 1893 he won a national poetry prize, and as a young man he contributed to various publications, gathering both critical and commercial praise across Australia. In 1919, following the First World War, Neilson published his first full collection, Heart of Spring, to wide…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781742584454 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1742584454 |
| Author: | Margaret Roberts |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWAP |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 770g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Margaret Roberts
Margaret Roberts edited John Shaw Neilson: The Collected Verse, A Variorum Edition, published in 2003 in electronic format by the Australian Scholarly Editions Centre. Margaret reads several novels a week – mainly crime fiction and thrillers – and enjoys gardening. She has been exploring the impact of the principles and elements of design in gardens and has written a book about this, to be a legacy for her children and grandchildren. Margaret also enjoys designing and making patchwork quilts and has an ongoing enthusiasm for exploring local auction rooms – as they are a fascinating insight into social history, apart from the lure of the hunt. She lives in Launceston, Tasmania.
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