''Wild Surmise'' is a 2002

verse novel A verse novel is a type of narrative poetry in which a novel-length narrative is told through the medium of poetry rather than prose. Either simple or complex stanzaic verse-forms may be used, but there will usually be a large cast, multiple voi ...

by Australian poet Dorothy Porter which was shortlisted for the 2003 Miles Franklin Award.

Notes

* Dedication: For Andy * Epigraph: 'There felt I like some watcher of the skies, When a new planet swims into his ken; or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes, he stared at the Pacific - and all his men loo'd at each other with a wild surmise -' - 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer.' John Keats * Epigraph: 'Behold now, standing before you, the man who has pierced the air and penetrated the sky, wended his way amongst the stars and overpassed the margins of the world. - 'La Cena de le Ceneri.' Giordano Bruni (1548-1600).

Adaptation

This novel was adapted for the stage by Jane Montgomery Griffiths and directed by Marion Potts. Performances of the play were held at the

Malthouse Theatre Malthouse Theatre is the resident theatre company of The Malthouse building in Southbank, part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct. In the 1980s it was known as the Playbox Theatre Company and was housed in the Playbox Theatre in Melbourne's CBD. A ...

, in Melbourne, in November and December 2012.

Reviews

* ''The Sydney Morning Herald''"Wild Surmise" by David McCooey, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 8 November 2002
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Awards and nominations

* 2003 shortlisted

Miles Franklin Literary Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–19 ...

* 2004 winner Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — John Bray Award for Poetry * 2004 winner Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Premier's Award for the Best Overall Published Work

References

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