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John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942) is Australia's great lyric poet and Collected Poems (1934), dedicated to Louise Dyer, bears his imprimatur. Encouraged by his editor, Robert Croll, Neilson was totally involved in its publication and promotion, selecting the poems, rewriting lines, adding new stanzas and restoring A.G. Stephen's earlier changes. Photographic sittings and book signings followed as well as favourable reviews. Neilson modestly attended readings in his honour at the Bookshop of Margareta Webber and enjoyed the concert broadcasts of Margaret Sutherland's compositions which included 'The Orange Tree'. After reading the Collected Poems she wrote to Neilson: "I have set your voice to music."A new introduction by Dr Helen Hewson, an Honorary Associate in the School of Letters, Art and Media at the University of Sydney, explores some of the influences which have shaped Neilson's poetry - his Celtic background, religious upbringing, reading and writing and love of art and music.
John Shaw Neilson received only a basic education, yet became one of Australia's best poets. He was born at Penola, South Australia on 22 February 1872. Raised by a family of poor labourers, Neilson worked as a farm hand.
Neilson (1872-1942) was the son of a small settler and contract labourer in Western Victoria, and led the same kind of life as his father, helping his family work a number of disastrous selections and adding to their income by seasonal jobs at fencing, fruit picking, quarrying and woodcutting. His mother and two of his sisters died young, and he and his brothers suffered from chronic ailments attributable to poor diet and constant anxiety.
Selection of letters to, from and about John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942), one of Australia's leading lyric poets. Includes family, social and publishing correspondence, as well as detailed letters about writing poetry. Correspondents include Robert Bridges, Mary Gilmore, Christopher Brennan, and Vance and Nettie Palmer. The editor has selected the material from over 1000 existing letters, the majority not previously published. Also includes a selection of quotes from literary criticism of Neilson's work. Includes extensive introduction by editor, early chronology, explanatory comments and footnotes, biographical notes, bibliography and index. Author is a graduate in English and Fine Arts of the University of Sydney. This volume grew out of her doctoral thesis, which was based on Neilson's correspondence, and sought to debunk many myths associated with the poet.
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