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Idle Talk: Gwen Harwood, Letters 1960-1964 by Alison Hoddinott (Paperback, 2015)

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You are buying ONE brand new BOOK Idle Talk - Gwen Harwood, Letters 1960-1964. Author: Alison Hoddinott. Year first published: 2015. Approximate dimensions: 234mm x 153mm

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This volume, edited and with invaluable notes by Alison Hoddinott, comprises Gwen Harwood's fascinating, unexpurgated letters to Alison and Bill Hoddinott, during four crucial years, from 1960- 1964, a period which can be described as Harwood's creative floreat. They are also years in which her life-long relationships with A.D. Hope, James McAuley and Vincent Buckley begin, her friendships with Vivian and Sybille Smith and others consolidate, and in which Harwood was briefly notorious for her scandalous Bulletin acrostics and her confounding publication under several male pseudonyms. Approximately 10 percent of these letters have appeared already, in A Steady Storm of Correspondence (2001), but here we not only have the unedited versions, revealing even more than that volume the complex and not always kind and tactful personality of Harwood (who more than once urges the Hoddinotts to 'burn these letters'), but numerous others which it might have been felt unwise to publish earlier, and from which not everyone - even Harwood herself - emerges unscathed. The collection is rich in insights not only into Harwood's mind, working methods, and circle, but also into the literary politics of one of the key periods in modern Australian poetry. 'This book is a valuable contribution to literary and cultural history. It affords a fascinating glimpse into the mind and life behind the poems, providing rich insight into Harwood as a tour de force who astutely recognised her own gifts and demanded to be heard.' - Cordite

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Brandl & Schlesinger Pty Ltd
ISBN-13
9781921556883
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216873680

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Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm

Additional Product Features

Book Title
Idle Talk: Gwen Harwood, Letters 1960-1964
Author
Alison Hoddinott
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature, Books
Publication Year
2015
Country/Region of Manufacture
AU
Editor
Alison Hoddinott
Number of Pages
200 Pages

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