Arthur Murphy - literary reflections on the poetry of Frederick Macartney, Rosemary Dobson and Francis Webb

MLOH 51

fonds

August 1989

401833

Digitised

4 audiocassettes (2 hr., 30 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

Arthur Murphy was born in Balwyn, Victoria in 1917. He was self-educated having left school very young. A victim of the Depression, he worked at many jobs and also studied at night to gain his formal education. He graduated as a teacher in 1943, taught in high schools and was a principal for fourteen years. He published verse in various literary journals and was literary critic for 'Southerly' for many years. He died in 1990.

Item 1: Arthur Murphy reflects on the life and work of Frederick Macartney with a close study of selected poems
Item 2: Arthur Murphy examines the poetry of Rosemary Dobson
Item 3: Arthur Murphy discusses the poetry of Francis Webb

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