A note on James K. Baxter’s late poem ‘A Pair of Sandals’
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University of Canterbury. School of Humanities
University of Canterbury. English
University of Canterbury. English
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2001
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Millar, P.
Sharp, I.
Abstract
A discussion of James K. Baxter's 'wallpaper poems', possibly the last poems he wrote before he died. These poems were discovered and published by me in 'New Selected Poems James K. Baxter'. In this note I explain their importance.
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In his introduction the editor writes: 'I have also included “A Pair of Sandals” by James K. Baxter. This is a bit cheeky, since “A Pair of Sandals” clearly wasn’t written in 2001. Baxter died in 1972. But the poem was published for the first time in a 2001 selection of Baxter’s work edited by Paul Millar. I wanted to salute the excellent work Millar has done in retrieving Baxter’s more fugitive poems and making them accessible to contemporary readers.'
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Millar, P., Sharp, 1. (2001) A note on James K. Baxter’s late poem ‘A Pair of Sandals’..
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New Zealand literature, James K. Baxter, poetry
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Fields of Research::47 - Language, communication and culture::4705 - Literary studies::470522 - New Zealand literature (excl. Māori literature)