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The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry

The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry is an anthology of 20th century Australian poetry edited by Chris Wallace-Crabbe, published by Melbourne University Press in 1980.[1]

The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry
AuthorChris Wallace-Crabbe
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry anthology
PublisherMelbourne University Press
Publication date1980
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages243 pp.
ISBN0522841929

The collection contains 169 poems, from a number of authors and sources.[2]

Contents

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Critical reception

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A reviewer of the anthology in The Bulletin noted that in this anthology "Chris Wallace-Crabbe has concentrated editorially on the poetry that has the qualities of vivacity and memorability. There may be sins of omission but not of commission."[3]

Fleur Adcock, in The Times Literary Supplement, found that Wallace-Crabbe had done an acceptable job of editing this anthology: "On the whole the choice of poets is, despite the risk of randomness inherent in the editor's policy, sensible and balanced. No one really notable is missing, although he omits a few minor voices from the early years of the century and one vocal but not greatly distinguished contemporary; the relative proportions of space allotted to each poet seem about right too."[4]

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References

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  1. ↑ "The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry edited by Chris Wallace-Crabbe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Austlit — The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry edited by Chris Wallace-Crabbe". Austlit. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  3. ↑ ""Book Bulletin"". The Bulletin, 30 September 1980, p99. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  4. ↑ The Times Literary Supplement, "Australianality and After" by Fleur Adcock, 30 January 1981, p. 115
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