Judith Wright Summary

Judith Wright belonged to the generation who began writing and publishing in The Bulletin and new literary journals such as Meanjin Papers in the 1940s, as World War II was drawing to its end. C. B. C... Read more

In this essay concerning Wright's Woman to Man, Lindsay asserts that Wright is the first woman poet to speak of love with a truly female voice. Of Judith Wright's poetry it might well be... Read more

In this excerpt, Walker argues that Wright's collections Fourth Quarter and Phantom Dwelling represent a growth in the poet's already estimable talent and vision. Walker contends that in... Read more

In the following essay, Scott places the philosophical underpinnings of the poet's work within the context of a Platonic worldview, noting her dual views of nature: on one hand it represents th... Read more

Here, Wilkes defends Wright's third and fourth volumes of poetry, The Gateway and The Two Fires, contending that the two collections represent an expansion in Wright's poetry, an attempt... Read more

McAuley was an Australian poet, critic, and educator who influenced his country's literature through his emphasis on traditional poetic forms and techniques and his opposition to the nationalis... Read more

In this review of Wright's retrospective collection The Double Tree, Pritchard notes an increasing flexibility in Wright's poetic tone, comparing her work to that of D. H. Lawrence and W... Read more

Critical Essay by Peter Porter Judith Wright is a poet of resonant plainness. Much too plain in the past, for my taste—but her two recent books [Alive and Fourth Quarter] suggest that she is ve... Read more

The experiences and influences that presented themselves in Judith Wright's life expansively wrought the content of her poems. Her family and heritage appreciably influenced many ideas that she chall... Read more

Judith Wright was born where the trees `grew blue-leaved and olive' in the `clean, lean, hungry country' Australia. (South of My Days poem) Wright, born in 1915, grew up in a wealthy family and devel... Read more