John Shaw Neilson (Livres)

John Shaw Neilson Livres

John Shaw Neilson, né d'immigrants écossais sans instruction, trouva un encouragement auprès de son père, un poète autodidacte. Neilson lui-même était autodidacte, et ses vers trouvèrent finalement leur place dans The Bulletin, un magazine populaire, bien qu'il ait principalement travaillé comme ouvrier et cueilleur de fruits. Ce ne fut que dans ses dernières années que sa santé déclina et qu'il commença à fréquenter les cercles littéraires, ce qui conduisit à la publication de sa poésie et au soutien d'autres écrivains. Bien que sous-estimée de son vivant, la poésie lyrique de Neilson obtint une reconnaissance considérable après sa mort, donnant lieu à diverses éditions, adaptations musicales, biographies et distinctions littéraires durables.

Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson

228pages
8 heures de lecture

John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942) is Australia's great lyric poet and Collected Poems (1934), dedicated to Louise Dyer, bears his imprimatur. Encouraged by his editor, Robert Croll, Neilson was totally involved in its publication and promotion, selecting the poems, rewriting lines, adding new stanzas and restoring A.G. Stephen's earlier changes. Photographic sittings and book signings followed as well as favourable reviews. Neilson modestly attended readings in his honour at the Bookshop of Margareta Webber and enjoyed the concert broadcasts of Margaret Sutherland's compositions which included 'The Orange Tree'. After reading the Collected Poems she wrote to Neilson: "I have set your voice to music."A new introduction by Dr Helen Hewson, an Honorary Associate in the School of Letters, Art and Media at the University of Sydney, explores some of the influences which have shaped Neilson's poetry - his Celtic background, religious upbringing, reading and writing and love of art and music.