John Kinsella has been unashamedly prolific, having published a dozen collections while still in his 30s. Unafraid to take on a wide range of styles, subjects and poetic challenges, Kinsella has attracted critical flak in Australia as well as admiration for his achievement and risk-taking. Poems 1980-1994 shows his much-discussed range, moving from landscape poems and 'anti-pastorals', through to poems that construct alternative mythologies, poems on art, and experimental works such as Syzygy and Skeleton weed / generative grammar. The selection draws on books including Night Parrots, Eschatologies, Full Fathom Five and Wireless Hill. His latest collection, The Hunt, is published by Bloodaxe simultaneously with Poems 1980-1994, while The Silo: A Pastoral Symphony is available separately from Arc.
- ISBN10 1863681779
- ISBN13 9781863681773
- Publish Date 1 April 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 March 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Liverpool University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English