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The Song Of Old Joe Swallow
"The Song of Old Joe Swallow" (1890) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It was originally published in ''The Bulletin'' on 24 May 1890 and subsequently reprinted in several of the author's other collections, other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies. Critical reception Writing in ''The Australian Town and Country Journal'' about the author's collection, ''In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses'', a reviewer noted that this poem has "a swinging, haunting refrain, a melodious simplicity and pathos which rival his contemporary on the other side of the globe, Rudyard Kipling." Publication history After the poem's initial publication in ''The Bulletin'' it was reprinted as follows: * ''In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses'' by Henry Lawson, Angus and Robertson, 1900 * ''Humorous Verses'' by Henry Lawson, Angus and Robertson, 1941 * ''The Penguin Book of Australian Verse'' edited by Harry Heseltine, Pengu ... [...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] |
In The Days When The World Was Wide And Other Verses
''In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses'' (1896) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet and author Henry Lawson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1896, and features the poet's widely anthologised poems "The Free Selector's Daughter", " Andy's Gone with Cattle", "Middleton's Rouseabout" and the best of Lawson's contributions to The Bulletin Debate, a famous dispute in '' The Bulletin'' magazine from 1892-93 between Lawson and Banjo Paterson. The collection contains a dedication to J. F. Archibald and on the title page a sketch by Frank Mahony of Lawson 'humping his bluey'. Contents * "To an Old Mate" * " In the Days When the World Was Wide" * " Faces in the Street" * " The Roaring Days" * "'For'ard'" * "The Drover's Sweetheart" * " Out Back" * "The Free-Selector's Daughter" * "'Sez You'" * " Andy's Gone with Cattle" * "Jack Dunn of Nevertire" * "Trooper Campbell" * " The Sliprails and the Spur" * " Past Carin'" * "The Glass on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1890. Books * Ada Cambridge – ''Not All in Vain : A Novel'' * Carlton Dawe – '' The Golden Lake'' * E. W. Hornung – '' A Bride from the Bush'' * Fergus Hume — ''Miss Mephistopheles'' * Alick Macleod – '' An Australian Girl'' * Hume Nisbet ** ''Ashes: A Tale of Two Spheres'' ** ''Bail Up!: A Romance of Bushrangers and Blacks'' Short stories * Marcus Clarke — ''Australian Tales'' * Ernest Favenc ** "A Haunt of the Jinkarras: A Fearsome Story of Central Australia" ** "Spirit-Led" * Henry Lawson – "The Third Murder: A New South Wales Tale" * Price Warung ** "How Muster-Master Stoneman Earned His Breakfast" ** "Lieutenant Darrell's Predicament" ** "Under the Whip, or, The Parson's Lost Soul" Children's and Young Adult * Ernest Favenc – ''The Secret of the Australian Desert'' Poetry * Barcroft Boake – "Jack's Last Muster" * Victor J. Daley – "Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Rhymers' Club founded in London by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys as a group of like-minded poets who meet regularly and publish anthologies in 1892 and 1894; attendees include Ernest Dowson, Lionel Johnson, Richard Le Gallienne, John Davidson, Edwin Ellis, Victor Plarr, Selwyn Image, A. C. Hillier, John Todhunter, Arthur Symons, Ernest Radford and Thomas William Rolleston; Oscar Wilde attends some meetings held in private homes * Dove Cottage, Grasmere in the English Lake District acquired by the Wordsworth Trust. Works published in English United Kingdom * Richard Garnett, ''Iphigenia in Delphi'' * W. S. Gilbert, ''Songs of a Songbird'' * Rudyard Kipling, "Danny Deever", first of the Barrack-Room Ballads * William McGonagall, ''Poetic Gems'' * Walter Pater, ''Appreciations with an Essay on Style'' * Mary F. Robinson, ''The New Arcadia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 Poems
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
