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Classical Illusions by John Davidson
$10.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
John Davidson retells myths and historical events (sometimes to highlight a modern concern or controversy), reinvents mythical or historical individuals, and now and then enjoys shameless forays into fantasy.
The Snake-Haired Muse: James K. Baxter and Classical Myth by Geoffrey Miles; John Davidson; Paul Millar
$16.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: good-very good
The Greek myths and legends are never out-of-date since they form that mythical stratum in the mind of modern man which enables him . . . to make a pattern out of the chaos of his experience. —James K. Baxter James K. Baxter’s use of Greek myth has often been treated as a critical embarrassment, ...Show more
Visions of Valhalla: A Poetic Tribute to Richard Wagner by John Davidson
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
"These poems make a marvellous read: singly, a few at a time, or in one read-through. Of all the writers on things Wagnerian, poets have tended the most towards flowery, reverent adulation. But not John Davidson. His poems - impressions and soliloquies as much as poems - are honest, witty, and very cont ...Show more
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