YEAR 11 LITERATURE ATAR
GWEN HARWOOD

Last updated 29 May 2022

Source: National Library of Australia

This guide has been developed to support the study of Gwen Harwood. 
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Gwen Harwood

• Allen & Unwin. (2009, June 30). Bonny Cassidy - Gwen Harwood's barn owl: family as a stage for big ideas [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4sb2eMfUpI

• Atherton, C. (2012). Gwen Harwood. The Lifted Brow, 3(14), 30-31.

• Bastos, M.V. (2008). Gwen Harwood: an introductory approach. Anglo-Saxonica, 2(26), 55-70.

• Brissenden, R.F. (1978). A fire-talented tongue: some notes on the poetry of Gwen Harwood. Southerly, 38(1), 3-20.

• Cassidy, B. (2007). 'Mankind's old dichotomy': Gwen Harwood's romantic ironist. Journal of Australian Studies, 31(90), 49-63.

• Dodwell, D. (1977). Worlds beyond words: Gwen Harwood's selected poems. Westerly, (2), 73-79.

• Harwood, G. (1996). The evanescent thing. In J. Digby (Ed.), A woman's voice: conversations with Australian poets. University of Queensland Press.

• Harwood, Gwen. (2017). Encyclopedia of British poetry. https://geelong.libguides.com/c.php?g=881169&p=6779098

• Hoddinott, A., & Kratzmann, G. (2003). Gwen Harwood collected poems 1943-1995. University of Queensland Press.

• Hoddinott, A. (2019). Harwood, Gwendoline Nessie. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harwood-gwendoline-nessie-gwen-22407

• Minter, J. (2021). Reading Gwen Harwood's "The glass jar". https://www.englishworks.com.au/reading-gwen-harwoods-the-glass-jar-light-and-shade-metaphors-rhythm-lexical-patterning/

• Priest, A. (2010). Between sanctity and liberation: the lives and loves of Gwen Harwood. Southerly, 70(2), 158-179.

• Priest, A. (2014). Baby and demon: woman and the artist in the poetry of Gwen Harwood. Hecate, 40(2), 67-83.

• Strauss, J. (1992). She/I/You/It: constructing mothers and motherhood in the writing of Gwen Harwood. Southerly, 52(1), 1-19. 

• Strauss, J. (1994). Playing in the time: the poetry of Gwen Harwood. Critical Survey, 6(1), 81-87.

• Talbot, N. (1976). ...Truth beyond the language game: the poetry of Gwen Harwood. Australian Literary Studies, 7(3). 

• Taylor, A. (1987). Gwen Harwood: the golden child aloft on discourse. In Reading Australian poetry. University of Queensland Press.

• Trigg, S. (1994). Gwen Harwood. Oxford University Press.

• Williams, B. (1998). Gwen Harwood. In In other words: interviews with Australian poets. Rodopi. 

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• Lawson, E. (1991). Introduction. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

• Lawson, E. (1991). Life sentences on the littoral. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

• Lawson, E. (1991). Playing the game. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

• Lawson, E. (1991). Laughter in the suburbs. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

• Lawson, E. (1991). Violets. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

• Lawson, E. (1991). And other flowers. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

• Lawson, E. (1991). Most intimate stranger. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

• Lawson, E. (1991). And other ghosts. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

• Lawson, E. (1991). The light and substance of the world. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

• Lawson, E. (1991). An impromptu for Gwen Harwood. In The poetry of Gwen Harwood​. Sydney University Press.

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• Strauss, J. (1992). An operatic 'I'. In Boundary conditions: the poetry of Gwen Harwood. University of Queensland Press.

• Strauss, J. (1992). ‘The conjugation of to be’: life under boundary conditions. In Boundary conditions: the poetry of Gwen Harwood. University of Queensland Press.

• Strauss, J. (1992). "On paths of love and pain". In Boundary conditions: the poetry of Gwen Harwood. University of Queensland Press.

• Strauss, J. (1992). "Earthbound". In Boundary conditions: the poetry of Gwen Harwood. University of Queensland Press.

• Strauss, J. (1992). "Not all of me shall die": the promise of motherhood. In Boundary conditions: the poetry of Gwen Harwood. University of Queensland Press.

• Strauss, J. (1992). "The passionate patience of art". In Boundary conditions: the poetry of Gwen Harwood. University of Queensland Press.