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Absolutely Revolting
Poetry

Antechinus by A.D. Hope

by Evan Jones •
August 1983, no. 53

Antechinus by A.D. Hope

Angus & Robertson, 110 pp, $6.95 pb

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The acknowledgements included in the Preface to this collection name some of the most common places for poetry to be published in Australia, but by chance few of these poems seem to me familiar. That of course makes it more interesting to see them individually; and also makes the whole thing easier to see at large.

 


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Antechinus by A.D. Hope

Angus & Robertson, 110 pp, $6.95 pb

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