FALS: Directions in Australian Poetry by A D Hope

Directions in Australian Poetry by A D Hope, 1984

This transcript of a series of three lectures delivered by A.D. Hope covering the poet's perspective of the contemporary landscape of Australian poetry, viewed though the contextual lens of history. Hope investigates the forces at work on subsequent generations of Australian poets, beginning from the first hundred years of European settlement. The lecture series culminates in Hope's interpretation of the current literary climate, and the future of Australian poetry beyond.