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The Song Of Brotherhood, And Other Verses
''The Song of Brotherhood, and Other Verses'' (1896) is the first poetry collection by Australian poet J. Le Gay Brereton. The collection sold well enough at the time of its release for ''The Sydney Mail'' to report on 22 August 1896 that a second edition had been ordered by the publishers. Contents * "Apologia" * "The Song of Brotherhood" * "For a Woman" * "Absence" * "The Sunrise" * "The Street" * "Love's Invitation" * "Kit Marlowe" * "To Olive Schreiner" * "Drinking Song" * "Hill and Dale" * "The Black Art" * "Dream - Gold" * "The End" * "After" * "Maiden with the Marvellous Lute" * "A Song of Friendship" * "The Last Quest" * "The Watching of the Sparrow-Hawk" * "Storm" * "For My Sister" * "Serenade" * "The Presence of the Bush" * "The Picture" * "Fulfilment" * "Sonnet" * "Rouge et Noir" * "We Meet" * "The Unfading Vision" Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Queenslander'' was impressed with every aspect of the collection finding that it "is got up (as a matter of cours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Le Gay Brereton
John Le Gay Brereton (2 September 1871 – 2 February 1933) was an Australian poet, critic and professor of English at the University of Sydney. He was the first president of the Fellowship of Australian Writers when it was formed in Sydney in 1928. Early life Brereton was born in Sydney, the fifth son of John Le Gay Brereton (1827–1886), a well-known Sydney physician who published five volumes of verse between 1857 and 1887, and his wife Mary, née Tongue. His parents had travelled on the ''Dover Castle'' from England, arriving in Melbourne on 25 July 1859 and then moved to Sydney. The younger Brereton was educated at Sydney Grammar School from 1881 and the University of Sydney where he graduated BA (1894), reading English under Professor Sir Mungo MacCallum. He was editor of ''Hermes'', the student literary annual, and became the university's chief librarian in 1915. Brereton became a vegetarian in his youth and never lapsed throughout his life. Career Brereton had sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1896. Books * Guy Boothby ** ''The Beautiful White Devil'' ** ''Doctor Nikola'' * Ernest Favenc – ''The Moccasins of Silence'' * E. W. Hornung – ''The Rogue's March: A Romance'' * Fergus Hume – ''The Expedition of Captain Flick'' * Louise Mack – '' The World is Round'' * Ethel Turner – ''The Little Larrikin'' Short stories * Barbara Baynton – "The Tramp" (aka "The Chosen Vessel") * Ada Cambridge – "The Wind of Destiny" * Albert Dorrington – "A Bush Tanqueray" * Edward Dyson ** "Court Day at Billybilly" ** "The Elopement of Mrs Peters" ** "Spicer's Courtship" * Henry Lawson ** "Black Joe" ** "The Geological Spieler" ** ''While the Billy Boils'' * Louisa Lawson – "What the Frogs Said" * K. Langloh Parker – ''Australian Legendary Tales'' (edited) * A. B. Paterson – "White-When-He's-Wanted" * Steele Rudd – "Dad and the Two Donovans" * Charles Henry S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Poetry Collections
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) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
