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Banjo Paterson

Poets & Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781875684854
Publisher: HALSTEAD PRESS
Imprint: HALSTEAD PRESS
By Banjo Paterson
Price: AUD $29.95
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Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
Local release date: 01/09/2024
Format: Paperback (215.00mm X 154.00mm) 240 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Poetry by individual poets [DCF]

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Google Preview: Halstead Presss Banjo Paterson is a part of the Poets and Perspectives series. Featuring a wide selection of Banjo Patersons poetry and eight works of critique, praise and prose, Banjo Paterson: Poets and Perspectives is laid out in chronological order of publication through the late 19th century going into the mid-20th century. This book is an excellent addition for those who wish to not only dive deeply into Banjos works, but who also wish to witness the milieu of Australias colonial era and the response from the public to Patersons iconic writings. Featuring 39 well known and lesser known poems of brilliance by Banjo Paterson, such as The Man from Snowy River, By the Grey Gulf Water, The Road to Old Mans Town, Frogs in Chorus, and more. Prose included includes Kiplings Work, Singers among Savages, this work also includes work by other artists who were inspired by Banjos at the time. Essays by Edward Dyson, Francis Kenna and her Banjo of the Overflow, The City Bushman by Henry Lawson, and Town v Bush by Matthew Richardson. The Poets and Perspectives Series has been applauded —by students, poets, critics and educators—for stimulating enjoyment and interest in Australian poetry. It combines information and critical essays in the same volume as a sampling of each poets ultimate works. Other Poets and Perspectives titles include: John Foulcher, Kate Llewellyn and John Stokes.; Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton Paterson) is an Australian icon and bush poet of the late 19th and mid-20th century. Born in rural New South Wales, Paterson is considered one of Australias greatest writers of the colonial period. His powerful works took hold of the nation and helped to shape the public identity; classic works by Paterson include Waltzing Matilda, The Man from Snowy River, and more.; * Banjo Paterson is an Australian icon, well known and in constant market.
* A comprehensive list of poems prose and poetry of Banjo Paterson.
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* The publishers will feature the book promotionally on their website and offer gratis copies to papers for review.; Google Preview content