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Title: |
The Shelf Life of Zora Cross |
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| By (author): |
Cathy Perkins |
| ISBN10-13: |
1922979422 : 9781922979421 |
| Illustrations: |
8 page image block |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
210x135xmm |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Weight: |
.300 Kg. |
| Published: |
Monash University Publishing - February 2024 |
| List Price: |
18.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 9 |
| Subjects: |
Biography: literary : Literary studies: poetry & poets : Australasian & Pacific history : Australia |
| Australian poet and journalist Zora Cross caused a sensation in 1917 with her book Songs of Love and Life. Here was a young woman who looked like a Sunday school teacher, celebrating sexual passion in a provocative series of sonnets. She was hailed as a genius, and many expected her to endure as a household name alongside Shakespeare and Rossetti. While Crossâ s fame didnâ t last, she kept writing through financial hardship, personal tragedies and two world wars, producing an impressive body of work. Her verse, prose and correspondence with the likes of Ethel Turner, George Robertson (of Angus & Robertson) and Mary Gilmore place Zora Cross among the key personalities of Australiaâ s literary world in the early twentieth century. The Shelf Life of Zora Cross reveals the life of a neglected writer and intriguing person. |
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