Half a Lifetime. by Wright, Judith; Clarke, Patricia (editor) - 2001

Text Publishing, Melbourne Australia, 1999. Softcover. Very Good +.  AUSTRALIANA BIOGRAPHY ABORIGINALBorn and reared in the pastoral country of New South Wales, Judith Wright returned to this area during World War II, after attending the University of Sydney and traveling in Europe. It was a significant homecoming, for she rediscovered her heritage and put that rediscovery into poetry. She wrote about the beautiful region known as New England, those who peopled it---both the descendants of white settlers and the Aborigines. Her first book, The Moving Image, appeared in 1946, and was enthusiastically received, the poems admired for their lyricism and honesty. Like other writers emerging at this time, she employed Australian materials in a new way, no longer seeing them in a literal sense. Wright continued to publish poetry for the next 30 years, 14 or so volumes in all, as well as making important contributions as a critic and anthologist. Although her early poems are still admired, often… Read More

Melbourne: Text Publishing, 1999. 1st edition. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 296pp., b/w pls.,