What's in a Name?: Gender and the Generation of "Young Female Poets"

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.16.2.2017.3615

Keywords:

story, gender, young female poets

Abstract

This essay examines the question of gender bias in Australian literature and the mariginal state of poetry. "Poetry undoubtedly occupies a peripheral position in Australian literary culture...." "Nevertheless, Australian poetry persists, and stubbornly flourishes.".

Author Biography

Sarah Holland-Batt, Queensland University of Technology

Dr Sarah Holland-Batt is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Queensland University of Technology. Her most recent book,The Hazards (UQP), won the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry, and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, the AFAL John Bray Memorial Prize, andthe Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards, among others. She is the recipient of numerous international fellowships, including residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo, and is presently a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow. She is also the editor ofThe Best Australian Poems 2017 and Poetry Editor at Islandmagazine.

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Published

2017-12-15

How to Cite

Holland-Batt, S. (2017). What’s in a Name?: Gender and the Generation of "Young Female Poets". ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.16.2.2017.3615

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Essays and Articles on Australian Literature