Land whisperings and a poetics of newplace and birthplace

The creative component of this doctoral submission, entitled Land Whisperings, comprises a selection of seventy-five poems, ten short stories and a novella. The connecting theme of this body of work is the emphasis on the landscapes of three continents: Australia, my birthplace, Italy, my wife Rita's birthplace, and China, where I have visited and taught for many years. These locations have also been the subject of substantial research and field experience over the past four years. Since I am an Australian, there is a natural predominance of Australian settings for the poetry and short stories. The selected creative works also demonstrate differences between writing about a birth land as place, opposed to foreign landscapes and cultures that have been 'adopted'.

Grantor dc:publisher

Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia

Year dc:date

2006

Author dc:creator

• Phillips, Glenly R.

• Landscapes in literature.
• Creative Writing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/332

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ro.ecu.edu.au:theses-1332