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Poetry

Thirty Australian Poets edited by Felicity Plunkett

Thirty Australian Poets by Felicity Plunkett

University of Queensland Press, $27.95 pb, 304 pp, 9780702239144

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Although it has been almost half a century since 1968, a year readily mythologised in Australian poetry, the so-called Generation of ’68 are still the most talked-about contemporary poets. There have been few attempts to define the next generations of poets. Forty-three years is a long definition of what might be deemed ‘contemporary’.

 


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Thirty Australian Poets by Felicity Plunkett

University of Queensland Press, $27.95 pb, 304 pp, 9780702239144

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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