
Strategies For Confronting Fear
Anthony Lawrence(Author)
John Kinsella(Editor)
Arc Publications (Publisher)
Published on 31. May 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
138 pages
978-1-900072-49-6 (ISBN)
Description
Anthony Lawrence is one of Australia's
most highly-regarded poets and winner of two
of the country's most prestigious poetry prizes.
He characteristically sets his poems within
powerful landscapes and seascapes. There is a
dramatic confrontation in them, between the
elemental forces of nature, and those within
the consciousness of his characters. His focus
is on relationships, the rhythms of work, and
the presence of danger in these primal settings.
In an interview, Lawrence says of his work:
"I'd like to think that a couple of my poems
achieve this tricky balance: landscape veined
with humanity, flora, fauna, what's imagined
and what's experienced ... I write about nature
to define my life."
Strategies for Confronting Fear, a selection
from six of his nine published collections of
poetry plus a body of new work, is Lawrence's
first volume of poetry to be published in the
UK.
"Lawrence's work is accessible while still
retaining the integrity of a unique poetic
vision."
Australian Book Review
ANTHONY LAWRENCE was born in 1957 and left school at 16, working first as a jackeroo and then travelling for several years before returning to New South Wales to become a teacher and writer. While working as a fisherman in Western Australia, he secured a literary fellowship which
enabled him to devote time to writing poetry. He has won numerous awards for his poetry, including a Senior Fellowship from the Australia Council, one of the most prestigious funding awards a writer can be accorded in Australia.
most highly-regarded poets and winner of two
of the country's most prestigious poetry prizes.
He characteristically sets his poems within
powerful landscapes and seascapes. There is a
dramatic confrontation in them, between the
elemental forces of nature, and those within
the consciousness of his characters. His focus
is on relationships, the rhythms of work, and
the presence of danger in these primal settings.
In an interview, Lawrence says of his work:
"I'd like to think that a couple of my poems
achieve this tricky balance: landscape veined
with humanity, flora, fauna, what's imagined
and what's experienced ... I write about nature
to define my life."
Strategies for Confronting Fear, a selection
from six of his nine published collections of
poetry plus a body of new work, is Lawrence's
first volume of poetry to be published in the
UK.
"Lawrence's work is accessible while still
retaining the integrity of a unique poetic
vision."
Australian Book Review
ANTHONY LAWRENCE was born in 1957 and left school at 16, working first as a jackeroo and then travelling for several years before returning to New South Wales to become a teacher and writer. While working as a fisherman in Western Australia, he secured a literary fellowship which
enabled him to devote time to writing poetry. He has won numerous awards for his poetry, including a Senior Fellowship from the Australia Council, one of the most prestigious funding awards a writer can be accorded in Australia.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lancs
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
194 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-900072-49-6 (9781900072496)
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Persons
Anthony Lawrence was born in 1957 in Tamworth, New South Wales and is one of Australia's most highly-regarded poets. He is author of twelve books of poems, the most recent being 'The Sleep of a Learning Man' (Giramondo Publishing, 2004). His books and individual poems have won many of Australia's most prestigious awards, including the Judith Wright Calanthe Award (Queensland Premier's Poetry Prize), the Harri Jones Memorial Award and the Gwen Harwood Memorial Prize. He is also the recipient of a Senior Fellowship from the Australia Council, one of the most prestigious funding awards a writer can be accorded in Australia. His first novel 'In the Half Light' was published by Picador (in Australia and in the UK) in 2000. Anthony Lawrence lives in Hobart, Tasmania, with his son Cormac.
Content
Robert Penn Warren's Book/11, John Berryman's Death/12, Wolf, Leopard, Falcon, Fawn/13, Whistling Fox/15, Cro-Kill/16, Fencing/18, The Hart Crane Connection/21, Blood Oath/25, Climbing/59, At the Seminar on Teenage Suicide/63, The Ratbag Monologues/65, The Sea-Colour of Their Hunting Eyes/70, A Most Troublesome Possession/76, The Mercenary Heart/79, Cold Wires of Rain/85, Rats/89, Strategies for Confronting Fear/93, Reversals/95, Thanatos/99, Skinned by Light/102, Aurora Australis/107, The Rain/108, The Sleep of a Learning Man/110, In Late September the Dunes/112, Fruit/115, Spring Equinox/116, The Wandering Albatross/118, Fly Agaric/120, Lighthouse/122, Live Sheep Trade/123, Hurricane House/124, What the Executioner Means/126, The Grave of the Southpaw/128, Four am, Nuclear Medicine/130, Scarves/131, Luge/132, Biographical note/135