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A Song Of The Republic
"A Song of the Republic" (1887) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It was the author's first published poem. It was originally published in ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' on 1 October 1887, and subsequently reprinted in other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies. Critical reception Writing an overview of the author's career in 1919, Bertram Stevens (critic), Bertram Stevens said of the poem: "Monarchs were the traditional symbols of tyranny, so much of the unrest of the time expressed itself as republicanism; the average respectable citizen, by the way, regarded socialism, republicanism, communism, and anarchism as the same thing and all anathema. Lawson set forth the aspirations of many of the submerged in a fiery 'Song of the Republic'. ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' states that "A Song of the Republic" is "a stirring appeal to the 'Sons of the South' (the original title) to bring about a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lawson
Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". A vocal nationalist and republican, Lawson regularly contributed to '' The Bulletin'', and many of his works helped popularise the Australian vernacular in fiction. He wrote prolifically into the 1890s, after which his output declined, in part due to struggles with alcoholism and mental illness. At times destitute, he spent periods in Darlinghurst Gaol and psychiatric institutions. After he died in 1922 following a cerebral haemorrhage, Lawson became the first Australian writer to be granted a state funeral. He was the son of the poet, publisher and feminist Louisa Lawson. Family and early life Henry Lawson was born 17 June 1867 in a town on the Grenfell goldfields of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bulletin (Australian Periodical)
''The Bulletin'' was an Australian weekly magazine first published in Sydney on 31 January 1880. The publication's focus was politics and business, with some literary content, and editions were often accompanied by cartoons and other illustrations. The views promoted by the magazine varied across different editors and owners, with the publication consequently considered either on the left or right of the political spectrum at various stages in its history. ''The Bulletin'' was highly influential in Australian culture and politics until after the First World War, and was then noted for its nationalist, pro-labour, and pro-republican writing. It was revived as a modern news magazine in the 1960s, and after merging with the Australian edition of Newsweek in 1984 was retitled ''The Bulletin with Newsweek''. It was Australia's longest running magazine publication until the final issue was published in January 2008. Early history ''The Bulletin'' was founded by J. F. Archibald and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertram Stevens (critic)
Bertram William Mathyson Francis Stevens (8 October 1872 – 14 February 1922) was Australian journal editor (''Single Tax''; ''Native Companion''; ''Art in Australia''; ''Lone Hand''); literary and art critic; and anthologist (''An Anthology of Australian Verse'' hich contained five poems by Henry Lawson">Henry_Lawson.html" ;"title="hich contained five poems by Henry Lawson">hich contained five poems by Henry Lawson ''The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse'').Ken Stewart,Stevens, Bertram William Mathyson Francis (1872 - 1922), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, MUP, 1990, pp 77-78. Retrieved 10 March 2010 Stevens was born at Inverell, New South Wales, the eldest child of William Mathison Stevens and his wife Marian, ''née'' Cafe, from Queanbeyan. By 1882 Stevens moved with his family to Newtown, Sydney where he was educated at public schools. Stevens was an avid reader and developed a wide knowledge and culture. In 1895 he began a fifte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Blainey
Geoffrey Norman Blainey (born 11 March 1930) is an Australian historian, academic, best selling author and commentator. He is noted for having written authoritative texts on the economic and social history of Australia, including '' The Tyranny of Distance''. He has published over 40 books, including wide-ranging histories of the world and of Christianity. He has often appeared in newspapers and on television. He held chairs in economic history and history at the University of Melbourne for over 20 years. In the 1980s, he was visiting professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University. He received the 1988 Britannica Award for 'exceptional excellence in the dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of mankind', the first historian to receive that awardEncyclopædia Britannica,"Book of the Year, 1988", Chicago, p. 15 and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2000. He was once described by Graeme Davison as the "most prolific, wide-ranging, inventive, and, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1887. Books * Francis Adams (writer), Francis Adams — ''Madeline Brown's Murderer'' (aka ''The Murder of Madeline Brown'') * Rolf Boldrewood — ''The Sphinx of Eaglehawk: A Tale of Old Bendigo'' * Rosa Praed — ''The Bond of Wedlock : A Tale of London Life'' Poetry * Francis Adams (writer), Francis Adams ** "A Death at Sea" ** "Gordon's Grave" ** ''Poetical Works of Francis W L Adams: Complete Edition'' * John Le Gay Brereton — ''The Triumph of Love'' * Ada Cambridge ** "An Answer" ** "Fallen" ** "wikisource: Good-Bye (Cambridge poem), Good-Bye" ** "wikisource: Honour, Honour" ** ''Unspoken Thoughts'' ** "wikisource: What of the Night?, What of the Night?" * Ethel Castilla — "wikisource: The Australian Girl, The Australian Girl" * Victor Daley — "wikisource: The Old Wife and the New, The Old Wife and the New" * John Farrell (Australian poet), John Farrell — ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published British Australia * Henry Lawson, "A Song for the Republic", English, the author's first published poem, in '' The Bulletin'', October 1 issue; Australia"Lawson, Henry (1867 - 1922)" article, ''Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition'', retrieved May 13, 2009 2009-05-16. * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Poems
Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship '' Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Commerce Act of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
