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Harford’s bold, lyrical poems of love, justice, and female experience.
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Selected Poems: Text Classics

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    128 pages

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    30 May 2023

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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
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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Selected Poems: Text Classics by Lesbia Harford - ISBN: 9781922790293
167 × 274 mm
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What They're Saying

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 *

About The Author

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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