Beauty Imposes

"Beauty Imposes"
by John Shaw Neilson
First published inBeauty Imposes : Some Recent Verse
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date1938
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"Beauty Imposes" is a poem by Australian poet John Shaw Neilson.[1]

It was first published in the poet's collection Beauty Imposes : Some Recent Verse in 1938, and later in the poet's collections and other Australian poetry anthologies.

Further publications

  • An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by George Mackaness, Angus & Robertson, 1952[2]
  • Shaw Neilson edited by Judith Wright, Angus and Robertson, 1963[3]
  • From the Ballads to Brennan edited by T. Inglis Moore, Angus & Robertson, 1964[4]
  • The Penguin Book of Australian Verse edited by Harry Heseltine, Penguin Books, 1972[5]
  • Australia's Writers edited by Graeme Kinross-Smith, Nelson Books, 1980[6]
  • The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Beatrice Davis, Nelson, 1984[7]
  • My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years edited by Leonie Kramer, Lansdowne, 1985[8]
  • John Shaw Neilson : Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence edited by Cliff Hanna, University of Queensland Press, 1991[9]
  • Selected Poems by John Shaw Neilson, Angus and Robertson, 1993[10]
  • Two Centuries of Australian Poetry edited by Kathrine Bell, Gary Allen, 2007[11]
  • Collected Verse of John Shaw Neilson edited by Margaret Roberts, UWA Publishing, 2012[12]

Notes

In a letter sent to James Devaney on 20 January 1936 Neilson described this poem as "an attempt to describe in a few lines the thing that so many rhymers tackle. Beauty does create in us a strange wonderment and awe. It is difficult to describe in words the effect that a beautiful nude has upon one's feelings."[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""Beauty Imposes" by John Shaw Neilson". Austlit. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by George Mackaness". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Shaw Neilson edited by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "From the Ballads to Brennan edited by T. Inglis Moore". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Penguin Book of Australian Verse edited by Harry Heseltine (1972)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Australia's Writers edited by Graeme Kinross-Smith". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse edited by Beatrice Davis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years edited by Leonie Kramer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "John Shaw Neilson : Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence edited by Cliff Hanna". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Selected Poems by John Shaw Neilson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Two Centuries of Australian Poetry edited by Kathrine Bell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "Collected Verse of John Shaw Neilson edited by Margaret Roberts". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  13. ↑ John Shaw Neilson: The Collected Verse A Critical Edition, Edited from the Manuscripts by Margaret D. Roberts, Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, 2003. Volume III, pp 592-593
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