Les Murray: A Life in Progress
| Les Murray: A Life in Progress |
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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| Product Name | Les Murray: A Life in Progress |
| Manufacturer | Oxford University Press |
| Retail Price | $45.00 |
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| Title | Les Murray: A Life in Progress |
| ISBN | 0195535014 |
| Author(s) | Peter F. Alexander |
| Release Date | 2001-03-01 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Num of Pages | 391 |
| Num. of Items | 1 |
| EAN | 9780195535013 |
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 "A perfectly ordinary genius" | 2007-07-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A39ZS8G5N26VTL |
Peter Alexander has written a biography that does come close to doing justice to perhaps the greatest living poet in English. It is not only a well crafted account of the details of Murray's hard early life; it is, more tellingly, a compelling yarn about the pain, struggle and triumph of a troubled, stubborn and divine genius.
It can also serve as a useful primer. And not just to some of Murray's more diffcult poems, but to poetry itself. You are put closer to the poet's seemingly impossible aspirations for his words, and thereby participate more keenly in the truth of his poetic gifts in capturing the spirituality of the ordinary.
I hope too that this biography is as premature as its title suggests, for many of us crave to hear a lot more of Murray's unique poetic voice in years to come. |
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| "Excellent biography of a Great Poet" | 2003-09-05 |
| - Reviewed By sunorton |
| Les Murray is the leading poet in the English-speaking world today. This account of his often strange life and work is scholarly, well researched and lifts the lid on some of the dirty tricks of Murray's rivals and enemies in the Australian literary scene (there were unsuccessful attempts to ban it). Sheds light on many aspects of poetry, culture in general, and the human condition. |
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