Peter Porter has drawn on the full range of the published work, from "A Private Country" (1943) to "Vega" (1973), and has provided a long overdue revaluation of Durrell's poetic career. In his detailed introduction, Porter makes the case for "A Private Country" as one of the most accomplished debut collections of the twentieth century, and traces Durrell's preoccupations and poetic personality within the wider scene. The selection of poems makes its own strong case for the continuing power of this attractive, and wholly individual body of work.
Peter Porter has drawn on the full range of the published work, from "A Private Country" (1943) to "Vega" (1973), and has provided a long overdue reva...
When Peter Porter died in 2010 his reputation as one of the greatest Australian poets had long been settled. "Chorale at the Crossing" gathers together the work Porter completed after the publication of his widely-praised final collection "Better than God," and shows a remarkable and capacious mind apparently furnished with half the contents of Western culture still working at full tilt, despite the imminence of his own passing. "Chorale at the Crossing" contains love poems, comic excursions, and meditations on art, death, music, and nature, all written with Porter's phenomenal technical...
When Peter Porter died in 2010 his reputation as one of the greatest Australian poets had long been settled. "Chorale at the Crossing" gathers togethe...
