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 Judith Wright Information
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 Judith Arundell Wright (31 May 1915—26 June 2000) was an Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land...
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 Arena Magazine Remembering Judith Wright.
10/01/2000: 971 words, approx. 3 pages The ancient war between poetry and philosophy can be traced back to classical Greece. In the Republic, Plato writes disparagingly of poetry as corrupting, swaying the populace by base appeal to the passions rather than to reason, which he considered the purest and most... summary from source:
The Independent - London Obituary: Judith Wright
06/28/2000: 1,248 words, approx. 4 pages EXAMINED IN its entirety, the life of the Australian poet Judith Wright seems one of exceptional wholeness - not only because of her lifelong concern with the Australian landscape and the plight of the Aboriginal people, but also because of the farsightedness and unswerving...
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 Critical Essay by John K. Ewers
6,677 words, approx. 22 pages
Using his review of The Other Half (1966) as an occasion to write a retrospective of Wright's career, Ewers traces her development from regionalist to universalist, and concludes that she is a mystic with a poetic voice.
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Critical Essay by Shirley Walker
6,532 words, approx. 22 pages
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 these books Wright brings a variety of new influences and insights to bear on old themes, answering with clarity questions left open by old poems, and finding peace through reconciliation where once she found conflict.
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Critical Essay by R. F. Brissenden
4,793 words, approx. 16 pages
Here, Brissenden examines Wright's first three volumes of poetry. The critic praises many aspects of the poet's work, but worries that the metaphysical panderings in the third volume, The Gateway, denote a shift in Wright's focus, "away from the personal, the particular and the dramatic towards the abstract and the impersonal. "
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 92%Judith Wright
1,273 words, approx. 4 pages
This essay deals with how Judith Wright's life influenced her poetry. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 88%An Analysis of Judith Wright Poetry: Is All Change Growth?
1,012 words, approx. 3 pages
Analyzes Judith Wright's poetry in reference to the statement "not all change is growth, not all movement is forward." Maintains that in Wright's collection of poetry, some poems such as Bora Ring and Eve to Her Daughters show that change and movement are not necessarily for the better. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 86%Wright Fights Rights
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Wright not only wrote about nature, but she also fought to preserve it. She helped found Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland; fought to conserve the ecology of The Great Barrier Reef and she also campaigned against sand mining on Fraser Island. These concerns were reflected in many of her poems.
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