Gregory Kratzmann

Gregory Kratzmann, formerly Associate Professor of English at La Trobe University, has edited the letters and poetry of Gwen Harwood. He has published extensively in medieval and early modern literature, and is the editor of Imagination, Books and Community in Medieval Europe (Macmillan and State Library of Victoria, 2009).

Gregory Kratzmann reviews 'The Penguin Book of the Ocean' edited by James Bradley

February 2011, no. 328 • 01 February 2011

Imagine a bookshop or library whose contents were shelved in a cross-generic way to include a section for Anthologies: this surely would be the largest division, encompassing all of the subsections of literature, science, music, philosophy ... The anthology (‘gathering of flowers’), with its impeccable classical pedigree, is the most comprehensive kind of book, catering in the contemporary rea ... (read more)

Gregory Kratzmann reviews 'Parergon, Vol. 26, No. 2' edited by Anne M. Scott and 'Parergon, Vol. 27, No. 1' edited by Vanessa Smith and Richard Yeo

March 2011, no. 329 • 01 March 2011

Australian and New Zealand universities have for more than a century produced significant numbers of medieval and early modern literary scholars and historians. Formerly, full international recognition was won by many who moved to the northern hemisphere, but, happily, in these days of the global scholarly community, those who have chosen to make their careers at home are now accorded recognition ... (read more)