100 Australian Poems You Need to Know

100 Australian Poems You Need to Know
AuthorJamie Grant (editor)
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry anthology
PublisherHardie Grant Books
Publication date
2008
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages247 pp.
ISBN9781740666206

100 Australian Poems You Need to Know is an anthology of poems edited by Australian writer Jamie Grant, published by Hardie Grant Books in 2008.[1]

The collection contains 100 Australian poems from a variety of sources.[2] Also included are a Foreword by Phillip Adams and an introduction by the editor.

The poems are split into nine different sections with individual poems arranged by ascending year of the poet's birth (where this is known).

Contents

Convict and Stockrider

The Red Page

Gundagai to Ironbark

Bastard and Bushranger

Drought, Dusk and War

Country Story

Melbourne and Sydney

Beyond Sprawl

The Generation of XYZ

Critical reception

Reviewing the anthology for The Australian newspaper Jaya Savage saw the good aspects of the book: "If an historical anthology such as this is like a used car, the paint job on 100 Australian Poems is slick. Under the bonnet, the engine is in good nick, the poems are sturdy, the pistons greased, the spark plugs firing; Australian poetry can hold its head high among English-speaking traditions, and Grant is to be commended for his toil." Although that was followed by: "Sadly, however, the vehicle's chassis, the book's critical framework, shows serious signs of rust damage. The giveaway is Grant's unashamed reversion to a nationalistic discourse, which gives the book a sepia effect."[3]

Notes

In his introduction editor Jamie Grant gave an explanation for his choices: "The selection made represents the opinion of one person only, with all the prejudices, accidental omissions and blind spots one individual must be prone to, and the individual is me. There has been no attempt to be fair or comprehensive or respectable or historically representative. Instead, I have simply chosen a hundred Australian poems I, as a reader, have been unable to forget."[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "100 Australian Poems You Need to Know edited by Jamie Grant". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ "100 Australian Poems You Need to Know edited by Jamie Grant". Austlit. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  3. ^ ""You must remember this, it rhymes with kiss"". The Australian, 4 March 2009, p24. ProQuest 356616379. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  4. ^ Grant, Jamie (December 2008). 100 Australian Poems You Need to Know. Melbourne, Australia: Hardie Grant Books. p. 11. ISBN 9781740666206.
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