421910
- TitleCharles Harpur collection of poetry, prose, and plays, ca. 1836-1897
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- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1836, 1846, 1856-1858, 1864-1868, 1897 - Type of material
- Reference code421910
- Physical Description0.13 metres of textual material (6 volumes) - typescript
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Charles Harpur, born in Windsor N.S.W. in 1813, is regarded as an important colonial poet. His works are a celebration of the Australian landscape and provide important insights into contemporary attitudes towards national identity, Aborigines, women, education, religion, and love. -- Reference: The Australian Encyclopedia. Volume IV / The Grolier Society. Sydney: Halstead Press, 1965 - Scope and ContentVOLUME 01
[Poems and prose], ca. 1856-1858, 1867-1868
VOLUME 02
[Poems and prose], 1846, 1864-1866
VOLUME 03
Stalwart the bushranger: a play in five acts, ca. 1867
VOLUME 04
[Poems and Miscellaneous Sonnets], ca. 1868, 1897
VOLUME 05
[Poems] , ca. 1867
VOLUME 06
[Poems], 1836, 1865, 1867-1868 - System of arrangementAs volumes have been rebound or artificially constructed from independant manuscripts and notebooks, the manuscripts are not in order
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- Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
Some alterations and additions are not in Harpur's handwritting. - Subject
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