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Twenty Ballads of the Australian Bush: The Essential Poems of Banjo Paterson — Annotated Edition - Softcover
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From the stockyards of the Snowy River to the red dust of the outback — the twenty ballads that built Australian identity, now in a fully annotated edition.
Banjo Paterson (1864–1941) is the poet who gave Australia its voice. His ballads shaped how a nation saw itself: the defiant stockman, the wandering drover, the larrikin with a dry eye and a straight back. This annotated edition brings together twenty of his most celebrated poems — including The Man from Snowy River, Clancy of the Overflow, Waltzing Matilda, and Mulga Bill's Bicycle — with a full introduction to each poem covering its historical background, poetic technique, and place in the Australian tradition.
Each poem is presented with:
- What the Poem Is About — a plain-English summary of the story and its stakes
- A Note on the Setting — the geography, social world, and historical context behind the verse
- Before You Read — a close-reading guide pointing to the metre, imagery, and structure that make each ballad work
Whether you are reading Paterson for the first time or returning to poems you have known all your life, this edition offers the tools to read them more deeply and with greater pleasure. The collection spans the full range of his registers: the heroic, the comic, the elegiac, and the patriotic — a complete portrait of a country at the moment it was deciding what it wanted to be.
Twenty Ballads of the Australian Bush is the ideal edition for readers, students, and anyone who wants to understand why these poems have endured for more than a century.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From the stockyards of the Snowy River to the red dust of the outback - the twenty ballads that built Australian identity, now in a fully annotated edition.Banjo Paterson (1864-1941) is the poet who gave Australia its voice. His ballads shaped how a nation saw itself: the defiant stockman, the wandering drover, the larrikin with a dry eye and a straight back. This annotated edition brings together twenty of his most celebrated poems - including The Man from Snowy River, Clancy of the Overflow, Waltzing Matilda, and Mulga Bill's Bicycle - with a full introduction to each poem covering its historical background, poetic technique, and place in the Australian tradition.Each poem is presented with: What the Poem Is About - a plain-English summary of the story and its stakesA Note on the Setting - the geography, social world, and historical context behind the verseBefore You Read - a close-reading guide pointing to the metre, imagery, and structure that make each ballad workWhether you are reading Paterson for the first time or returning to poems you have known all your life, this edition offers the tools to read them more deeply and with greater pleasure. The collection spans the full range of his registers: the heroic, the comic, the elegiac, and the patriotic - a complete portrait of a country at the moment it was deciding what it wanted to be.Twenty Ballads of the Australian Bush is the ideal edition for readers, students, and anyone who wants to understand why these poems have endured for more than a century. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798170141234
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From the stockyards of the Snowy River to the red dust of the outback - the twenty ballads that built Australian identity, now in a fully annotated edition.Banjo Paterson (1864-1941) is the poet who gave Australia its voice. His ballads shaped how a nation saw itself: the defiant stockman, the wandering drover, the larrikin with a dry eye and a straight back. This annotated edition brings together twenty of his most celebrated poems - including The Man from Snowy River, Clancy of the Overflow, Waltzing Matilda, and Mulga Bill's Bicycle - with a full introduction to each poem covering its historical background, poetic technique, and place in the Australian tradition.Each poem is presented with: What the Poem Is About - a plain-English summary of the story and its stakesA Note on the Setting - the geography, social world, and historical context behind the verseBefore You Read - a close-reading guide pointing to the metre, imagery, and structure that make each ballad workWhether you are reading Paterson for the first time or returning to poems you have known all your life, this edition offers the tools to read them more deeply and with greater pleasure. The collection spans the full range of his registers: the heroic, the comic, the elegiac, and the patriotic - a complete portrait of a country at the moment it was deciding what it wanted to be.Twenty Ballads of the Australian Bush is the ideal edition for readers, students, and anyone who wants to understand why these poems have endured for more than a century. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798170141234
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