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Collected Poems: Francis Webb edited by Toby Davidson

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May 2011, no. 331

Collected Poems: Francis Webb edited by Toby Davidson

UWA Publishing, $32.95 pb, 480 pp

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Collected Poems: Francis Webb edited by Toby Davidson

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May 2011, no. 331

The deeply troubled Francis Webb, a magician with language, is still one of the two or three most remarkable poets Australia has produced, if nation-states can be said to produce creative artists. His life proved dark and painful, wherever he was located, but he worshipped language, in parallel with his worship of the Christian trinity. And his poetry has affected many of us, profoundly.

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Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Chris Wallace-Crabbe AM is the author of more than twenty collections of poetry. His most recent books of verse include The Universe Looks Down (2005), and Telling a Hawk from a Handsaw (2008). He is Professor Emeritus in Culture and Communication at Melbourne University. Also a public speaker and commentator on the visual arts, he specialises in ‘artists’ books’. Read It Again, a volume of critical essays, was published in 2005. Among other awards he has won the Dublin Prize for Arts and Sciences and the Christopher Brennan Award for Literature. His latest book is Rondo (2018).

Chris Wallace-Crabbe reviews 'Collected Poems: Francis Webb' edited by Toby Davidson

Collected Poems: Francis Webb

edited by Toby Davidson

UWA Publishing, $32.95 pb, 480 pp

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