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A Mid-Summer Noon In The Australian Forest
''A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest'' is a poem by Australian poet Charles Harpur. It was first published in '' The Empire'' magazine on 27 May 1851, and later in the poet's collection titled ''Poems'' (1883). Analysis ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' calls this Harpur's "best-known and most-anthologised descriptive poem." However they then go on to say that "Although often praised for its creation of the hushed somnolent atmosphere of the summer noonday in the Australian bush, the poem lacks Australian definition." ''eNotes.com'' states that the Harpur's poem "reflects the influence of Wordsworth, but also the independent, inventive spirit that would characterize most of his works." Michael Griffith, in discussing early Australian colonial poetry says that Harpur "manages to capture the magic of stillness, along with the miraculous impressions of the life of nature. He presents, powerfully his awe and wonder at the miracle of the Australian bush. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harpur
Charles Harpur (23 January 1813 – 10 June 1868) was an Australian poet and playwright. He is regarded as "Australia's most important nineteenth-century poet." Life Early life on the Hawkesbury Harpur was born on 23 January 1813 at Windsor, New South Wales. His parents were convicts. His father, Joseph Harpur, was originally from Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. He had been sentenced to transportation for highway robbery in March 1800; at the time of Harpur's birth, he was parish clerk and master of the Windsor district school. His mother, Sarah Chidley, was originally from Somerset, and had been sentenced to transportation in 1805. Harpur presumably went to school in Windsor, but little information about his education is available. Later in life, he claimed that he taught himself the principles of English verse by obsessively reading William Shakespeare. Sydney and first publications In the early 1830s, Harpur seems to have moved between Sydney and the Hunter Valley, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (newspaper)
The ''Empire'' was a newspaper published in Sydney, Australia. It was published from 28 December 1850 to 14 February 1875, except for the period from 28 August 1858 to 23 May 1859, when publication was suspended. It was later absorbed by '' The Evening News''. History Henry Parkes founded the ''Empire'' and was its editor/proprietor until the business failed in August 1858. He made it "a newspaper destined to be the chief organ of mid-century liberalism and to serve as the rallying and reconciliation point for the sharpest radical and liberal minds of the day". The paper was bought by Samuel Bennett and William Hanson and resumed publication in May 1859 with the promise that "The Empire … will continue under the new management to advocate the same great principles by which it has hitherto been distinguished". In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge the ''Empire'' with another of his papers, the ''Evening News''. ''The Evening News'' continued to be published unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australians
Australians, colloquially known as Aussies, are the citizens, nationals and individuals associated with the country of Australia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or ethno-cultural. For most Australians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Australian. Australian law does not provide for a racial or ethnic component of nationality, instead relying on citizenship as a legal status. Since the postwar period, Australia has pursued an official policy of multiculturalism and has the world's eighth-largest immigrant population, with immigrants accounting for 30 percent of the population in 2019. Between European colonisation in 1788 and the Second World War, the vast majority of settlers and immigrants came from the British Isles (principally England, Ireland and Scotland), although there was significant immigration from China and Germany during the 19th century. Many early settlements were initially pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oxford Book Of Australasian Verse
''The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse '' (1918) is anthology of poems by Australian and New Zealand poets edited by Walter Murdoch. It was published in hardback by Oxford University Press in London in 1918. The anthology includes 192 poems by various authors. Contents * From : "Australasia", William Charles Wentworth * " Weary", Henry Parkes * "Four Score", Henry Parkes * "Fatherland", Henry Parkes * "The Eye of the Beholder", James L. Michael * "Words", Charles Harpur * "A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest", Charles Harpur * "Andrew Marvell" , Charles Harpur * " A Similitude", Charles Harpur * "She Loves Me Love A Confession", Charles Harpur * "A Regret", Charles Harpur * "The Angel of Life", Richard Rowe * "To His Wife", Daniel Henry Deniehy * "Morning at Sea in the Tropics", George Gordon McCrae * " The Sick Stock-Rider", Adam Lindsay Gordon * "Bush Delights (By Wood and Wold)"", Adam Lindsay Gordon * " A Dedication", Adam Lindsay Gordon * "Whisperings in Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1851 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events June – While waiting to cross the English Channel on honeymoon, English poet Matthew Arnold probably begins to compose the poem "Dover Beach" (published 1867). Works published in English United Kingdom * Thomas Lovell Beddoes, ''Poems Posthumous and Collected''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Edward Henry Bickersteth, ''Nineveh'' * Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ''Casa Guidi Windows'' * Caroline Clive, under the pen name "V", ''The Valley of the Rea'' * Hartley Coleridge, ''Poems by Hartley Coleridge'', edited by Derwent Coleridge (posthumous) * George Meredith, ''Poems'', including the first version of "Love in the Valley" United States * Thomas Holley Chivers, ''Eonchs of Ruby: A Gift of Love''Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1851 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1851. Events *January 1 – The Caucasian Georgian theatre company gives its first performance, under the direction of Giorgi Eristavi. *June 5 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' begins serialization in the American abolitionist weekly ''The National Era''. *June – While waiting to cross the English Channel on his honeymoon, Matthew Arnold probably begins to compose the poem "Dover Beach". *September 29 – Marian Evans, the future George Eliot, takes up an appointment as (assistant) editor of the ''Westminster Review'', published by John Chapman. In this capacity she will meet G. H. Lewes. *November 14 – Herman Melville's novel ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is published in full, in a single volume, for the first time, by Harper & Brothers in New York, having been previously issued on October 18 as ''The Whale'' in an abridged three-volume edition by Richard Bentley in London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Literature
Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However, the narrative art of Australian writers has, since 1788, introduced the character of a new continent into literature—exploring such themes as Aboriginality, ''mateship'', egalitarianism, democracy, national identity, migration, Australia's unique location and geography, the complexities of urban living, and " the beauty and the terror" of life in the Australian bush. Overview Australian writers who have obtained international renown include the Nobel-winning author Patrick White, as well as authors Christina Stead, David Malouf, Peter Carey, Bradley Trevor Greive, Thomas Keneally, Colleen McCullough, Nevil Shute an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Poems
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
