Dance of the nomad : a study of the selected notebooks of A.D. Hope / Ann McCulloch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCulloch, A. M. (Ann M.), 1949-

Contributor:

Hope, A. D. (Alec Derwent), 1907-2000.

Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English litereature.

Hope, A. D. (Alec Derwent), 1907-2000--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

Hope, A. D.

Hope, A. D. (Alec Derwent), 1907-2000--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (801 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra : Pandanus Books, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The notebooks of A. D. Hope are a portrait of the contradictory essence of one of Australia's finest poet's intellect and character. Seeking to find pathways through the maze of an intellectual life, this is a profound and timely contribution to Australia's literary scholarship. Revealing the originality of his thinking and the astonishing range of his reading and interests, this edition is a testament to the intellect of one of Australia's towering literary figures.

Contents:

CONTENTS; I A D Hope Dance of a Nomad in Flight from; II Negative Capability; III Anti Modernism; IV Argument and Commentary on Critics and Writers; V What is Art; VI Source of His Poetry; VII A Sense of Detachment; VIII Cosmology; IX Wine Women and Insectual Song; X A Sense of Destiny; XI The Dream Team; XII Argument by Analogy; Bibliography;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-74076-207-X

OCLC:

63197630