David Malouf (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

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Because literary recognition came to him first for his verse collections, for quite some time David Malouf was regarded primarily as a poet. His first published writings were poetry, and in addition to contributions to works featuring several authors, efforts such as Bicycle and Other Poems (1970; also known as The Year of the Foxes and Other Poems, 1979), Neighbours in a Thicket (1974), Wild Lemons (1980), and First Things Last (1981) have sustained his reputation in this genre. Some critics have discerned varying levels...

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