The First Paperback Poets Anthology by Roger McDonald

The First Paperback Poets Anthology

Edited by Roger McDonald

University of Queensland Press, 1976
ISBN 0702209171
Paperback

Condition: Good
a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, a few loose pages (complete) (see photographs)

“The First Paperback Poets Anthology presents a comprehensive view of a key half-decade in Australian literary life.  From the evocative lyrics of Michael Dransfield to the brilliant, traditional ballad style of John Manifold, through to the contemporary urban landscapes of Andrew Taylor and Richard Tipping, the collection offers a rich variety of styles and themes.  Some of the poets represented are already well known: Rodney Hall, David Malouf, and Thomas W. Shapcott among others.  But the anthology brings to a wider public some new names whose work appeared for the first time in Paperback Poets.  In this sense the collection offers opportunities for discovery, as well as offering a pause for assessment in a series which now moves into its second half-decade.”