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Rosemary Dobson: A Celebration

Compiled and edited by Joy Hooton

Each year, the Friends of the National Library of Australia celebrate the work of an eminent figure in the world of Australian literature and publishing. This collection of essays pays tribute to acclaimed Australian poet, Rosemary Dobson, whose papers are held in the National Library.

Joy Hooton traces a remarkable career, spanning more than six decades. Elizabeth Lawson examines Rosemary Dobson's lifelong engagement with art, as reflected in her 'painting poems' while Paul Hetherington offers a glimpse into the poet's many-faceted concerns. The celebration concludes with David McCooey's exploration of the relationship between light and vision in Dobson's poetry. The book also features a selection of Rosemary Dobson's poems, highlighting the diversity, artistry and wit of one of Australia's finest modern poets.

About the Author:

Joy was born in the UK and has a Batchelor of Arts and a Master of Philosophy from London. She is one of the three authors of the Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (Oxford University Press, 1985, 1994), which won a New South Wales Premier’s Prize. She has compiled several bibliographies of Australian literature and has written extensively on life-writing. Her most substantial work on the subject is Stories of Herself When Young (OUP, 1990).

ISBN 0 642 10728 9
2000
, pb, 73 pp, b&w illus.

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Last updated 11 September 2000