Territories of Paradox and Resolution

Abstract

The turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry, edited by John Kinsella, features the work of 123 poets. The 600 page anthology is both inclusive and diverse, representative of both the major award winning poets of the country and its younger poets who have published only one or two books of poetry. Readers will recognize a variety of styles and attitudes in the collection; they will find poems which might be labeled as formalist, innovative, confessional, political, pastoral, lyrical, narrative, and those poems which reflect a "new hybridization and hybridity" of these styles.