The Gimbals of Unease

THE GIMBALS OF UNEASE

The Poetry of Francis Webb

by Bill Ashcoft

Francis Webb has long been seen to be one of Australia's richest but most difficult authors. Adopting a postcolonial perspective, Bill Ashcroft provides a means to understanding and appreciating Webb's poetry of tortured belief.

ISBN 0 86422 530 X
$23.95



CONTENTS:

Preface

Introduction

Centre of Fierceness: The Vision of the Artist

The Tiny, Not the Immense: The Poet as Catholic

The Very Gimbals of Unease: The Poet as Schizophrenic

An Outline of Fullness: Language

The Design of Distance: The Poet as Explorer

The Texture of Place: Around Costessey

Realer than the Real: Ward Two