The Shelf Life of Zora Cross - Couverture souple

Perkins, Cathy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925835537 ISBN 13 : 9781925835533

Editeur : Monash University Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Australian poet and journalist Zora Cross caused a sensation in 1917 with her book Songs of Love and Life. Here was a young woman, who looked like a Sunday school teacher, celebrating sexual passion in a provocative series of sonnets. She was hailed as a genius, and many expected her to endure as a household name alongside Shakespeare and Rossetti. While Cross’s fame didn’t last, she kept writing through financial hardship, personal tragedies and two world wars, producing a remarkable body of work. Her verse, prose and correspondence with the likes of Ethel Turner, George Robertson (of Angus & Robertson) and Mary Gilmore place Zora Cross among the key personalities of Australia’s literary world in the early twentieth century. The Shelf Life of Zora Cross draws on these rich sources to reveal the life of a neglected writer and intriguing person.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Cathy Perkins edits the award-winning SL magazine and other publications at the State Library of New South Wales. She has worked as a book editor, in a bookshop, and for the Australian Society of Authors. Her essays on Zora Cross have been published in Meanjin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Monash University Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925835537
• ISBN 13: 9781925835533
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible