James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 1
Contents
- [James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 1]
- Dunedin and Christchurch: The Early Years 1943-1948
- Before Sunrise [1]
- The Kite p. 2
- Short Extracts from My Diary – Ten Years Hence p. 3
- [The divorce of poetry] p. 4
- Before Sunrise [2]
- Mood p. 7
- Prose Poem [To the Great Salt Heart Return the Veined Rivers] p. 8
- Wilfred Owen
- The Sea Stayed p. 10
- Thoughts Concerning a Career
- [When the wound has grown shallow]
- Foreword [to Cold Spring] p. 12
- [Notes for ‘Poetry in New Zealand’] p. 13
- [In those times when the Church had grown rich in the goods of the world] p. 14
- Poetry in New Zealand p. 15
- Dream Series p. 18
- Enlightenment p. 20
- The Axe – a preview p. 24
- To Wake the Nations Underground p. 25
- [The Dead House] p. 26
- [In course of conversations] p. 28
- Gulls
- [Ex Nihilo]
- [Biography] p. 29
- Pilgrimage
- To Accidie p. 30
- Manifesto p. 31
- The Furies
- When the Wind Blows p. 32
- The White Gull p. 34
- Before Sunrise [3] p. 37
- Stone Lions p. 38
- Salvation Army Aesthete? p. 40
- Dylan Thomas and the Lit. Club p. 42
- Barrage against Bawdiness p. 43
- Bolshies under the Bed p. 44
- The Wellington Years 1949-1965
- The Name and the Game p. 47
- Why Writers Stop Writing p. 49
- Blue Peter p. 52
- Man Alone p. 55
- At Dead Low Water and Sonnets p. 57
- New Zealand Poets p. 60
- American Poet p. 62
- Religious Opinion p. 63
- Poetry at Home p. 64
- Nature Poet p. 65
- Recent Trends in New Zealand Poetry
- More Poems p. 77
- Outside the Walls p. 78
- Introduction to Verse 1951 p. 79
- Introduction [to Alistair Campbell’s Mine Eyes Dazzle]
- Choice of Belief in Modern Society p. 80
- Denis Glover’s Poetry p. 87
- Social Delinquency in Modern Literature p. 88
- Early New Zealand Poetry p. 91
- Modern New Zealand Poetry p. 98
- Broadsheets p. 113
- New Light on Eliot
- Across the Tasman p. 114
- The Maori Motif p. 115
- The Birth of Christ p. 116
- Voyage and Discovery p. 117
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[‘Centurion’ and Notes on a Poem] p. 118
- [‘Centurion’] p. 118
- Notes on a Poem p. 119
- A Meditation
- Starveling Year p. 120
- Man in Leather Breeches
- Body, Heart and Mind p. 121
- Strong Drink Not a Food p. 122
- Renaissance Man p. 123
- Is There a Colour Bar in New Zealand? p. 124
- Notes Towards an Aesthetic p. 127
- Arawata Bill, a sequence of poems p. 132
- Critic’s Philosophy p. 134
- Milton’s Epic p. 135
- Ryecroft and Gissing
- Machines and People p. 136
- Songs before Twilight p. 137
- After the Elizabethans
- Poet and Patrons p. 138
- Dylan Thomas p. 139
- Men of God p. 140
- Aboriginal Legends
- A Woman’s Love Poetry p. 141
- Poet and Critic p. 142
- Songs from the Mind
- Poetry in New Zealand p. 143
- Without Dogma [1] p. 144
- The Fire and the Anvil; notes on modern poetry — Dedicated to Frank Sargeson
- 1 — The Criticism of Poetry p. 145
- 2 — The Creative Mask p. 162
- 3 — Symbolism in New Zealand Poetry p. 179
- Apple Mash p. 198
- Without Dogma [2] p. 202
- Public Faces p. 203
- The Eastern Mind
- American Voices p. 204
- Lisping in Numbers p. 205
- Christian Belief
- Exotic Landscapes p. 206
- Dante in the Antipodes
- George Barker in an Irish Hat p. 208
- A Poet’s Letters p. 210
- The Phoenix and the Crow; a parable p. 211
- On the Side of Life p. 213
- Back to the Desert p. 216
- Tales from the Irish p. 226
- The Delphic Voice
- Master of Style p. 228
- Thoughts Taking Shape
- Society and Happiness p. 229
- The Earnest Agnostic p. 230
- Strictly Personal
- Close to Nature p. 231
- The Poet in Solitude p. 232
- Defenceless Village p. 233
- Over the Tin Fence: A consideration of the life and work of Oscar Wilde
- Juvenile Delinquency and Divorce p. 239
- Some Time Ago p. 240
- The Courts of Love p. 242
- Head in a Bag p. 243
- Shepherd of the Fold p. 244
- The Moralist’s Cloak p. 245
- Venus in her Western Bed p. 246
- The World of the Creative Artist p. 251
- The Critic as Schoolmaster p. 259
- Poetry among the Ruins p. 261
- Outlook for Poetry p. 263
- Balanced Investigation p. 265
- Comparison of Two Eighteenth-Century Satirists, Pope and Swift p. 266
- Stories by Poets p. 269
- A Note on Henry Lawson
- Unwilling Pilgrim p. 270
- The Story of Butch p. 272
- The Mathesons at Home p. 274
- The Sunlit Hour p. 281
- From a Sunburnt Land p. 282
- Something to Consider p. 283
- To Have and To Hold p. 287
- Evening Voices p. 292
- Talking of Writing
- A Tree in Cypress p. 293
- Anaemic Ghosts p. 294
- The Lower Slopes
- The Voyage of the Hurunui p. 295
- Critics and Poets p. 296
- A Whirlwind Voice p. 297
- Time and the Bell p. 298
- A Book with a View p. 304
- The Shaken Earth
- Spiritual Crisis p. 305
- A Herbal Whiff p. 306
- The Town under the Sea
- Walking up Castle Street p. 308
- [Note accompanying an early version of Jack Winter’s Dream] p. 310
- Dylan Thomas and Swinburne
- Christian Living p. 311
- Disgruntled Foghorn p. 312
- The Primary School Bulletin
- Immanuel’s Land p. 315
- Parable p. 317
- New Zealand and Disarmament p. 318
- The Innocent Eye p. 319
- In Memoriam A.R.D. Fairburn p. 320
- New Poets
- New Zealand Poet Defends ‘Bohemian Reaction’ in Society p. 321
- A Painful Joy
- Critical Approaches p. 322
- Poets in a Diminished World p. 323
- Romantic Love p. 325
- In the Case of Bohemia versus Suburbia p. 326
- Akitio: A Country School and its Community p. 330
- Nonsense Wins p. 342
- Old and New p. 343
- Around the Clubs . . . Newman Society p. 344
- Two Kinds of Simplicity
- Poet is ‘first N.Z. link’ in East Cultural Exchanges p. 345
- The Outsider p. 346
- Marxist Poet
- The Lonely Rebel p. 347
- A Drained Life p. 348
- Created from Pain p. 349
- Jack Winter’s Dream; a Play for Voices p. 350
- A Writer’s Vocation p. 351
- The Aardvark and the Onager p. 352
- Journal of Trip to Asia p. 354
- Notes from India p. 371
- Imaginary dialogue between a sinful Catholic poet and a sorrowful Irish Jansenist p. 375
- A Niggle at Catholic Verse p. 377
- The Earthly Paradise p. 379
- Aspects of Indian Life p. 380
- The Fuss about Numbers p. 384
- The Family of Saints p. 385
- Explaining the Poets p. 387
- The Monastic Life p. 388
- A Visit from Mr James Baxter
- The Banyan Tree p. 389
- Mixed Voices
- Byron and Allegra p. 390
- Double Identity p. 391
- Japanese Theatre p. 392
- New Zealand Criticism p. 393
- Low Stakes – and High p. 394
- The Right to Speak p. 395
- Poems beyond Fashion p. 396
- A Sack behind Him p. 397
- [Programme Note for Richard Campion’s production of The Wide Open Cage] p. 398
- A Master Spirit p. 399
- Antipodean Voyages
- A Gap in the Spectrum p. 400
- A Private Labyrinth p. 401
- A Friend of the Family p. 402
- The Age of Anxiety p. 403
- A Life of Pleasure
- Bedside Manner p. 404
- Portrait of the Artist as a New Zealander p. 405
- Kilokery and Kalekhan; a study of Indian village life p. 406
- [Journal, February 1960] p. 412
- Writers in New Zealand: a questionnaire p. 416
- Lent in Retrospect p. 418
- Disquieting American [1] p. 419
- The Company of Poets p. 420
- Disquieting American [2] p. 421
- The Blue Divan
- Sisyphus and the Angel p. 425
- A Literary Friendship p. 426
- Flowers and Thorns p. 427
- Inner Worlds
- Rules for (one) Catholic Writer p. 428
- A Child’s Complaint p. 429
- Notes from a Guitar p. 430
- ‘Working All Day’ p. 431
- [‘The Fisherman’; a TV script] p. 432
- Incense to Idols p. 434
- Letter to a Woman Writer p. 435
- Eliot and Joyce p. 437
- The Kiwi and Mr Curnow p. 438
- Private Lives, Public Follies p. 442
- Two Plays p. 443
- Staying at Balisodare p. 444
- Human Explanations p. 446
- James Joyce [1] p. 447
- The Lady and the Minister
- Attached Women p. 450
- James Joyce [2] p. 451
- Between Two Cultures
- Poetry and Ambition p. 452
- Man and Poet p. 453
- Three for Thinkers p. 454
- Solo and Chorus
- West and East p. 455
- Sacrifice p. 456
- Is it Poetry? p. 458
- Russian and Irish
- A Vegetable Bouquet for Mr Curnow p. 459
- Unbelief among the Lepers p. 467
- Doubt and Devotion p. 469
- A Good Keen Man [1] p. 470
- A Clear Eye
- A Good Keen Man [2] p. 471
- Rabindranath Tagore: an appreciation in his centenary year p. 472
- Poetic Attitudes p. 477
- Devotional Reading p. 478
- The Peasant Vision
- Return to India p. 479
- A Step Backwards p. 480
- Guinness is Best p. 481
- Essay on the Higher Learning p. 482
- New Zealand in Colour p. 485
- The Virgin and the Unicorn p. 514
- Reconstructions p. 516
- The Big Questions p. 517
- Selected Poems
- Excellent Plays p. 518
- Australian Poets p. 519
- Unicorn Waking p. 520
- Wounded People p. 521
- Nobody Loves a Critic
- Commentaries p. 522
- A Pig Island Journal p. 523
- A Bush Carpenter’s Outfit p. 526
- Valuable Reprints p. 528
- Literary Middlemen
- Horse p. 529
- Breaking New Ground p. 589
- New Zealand Writing p. 592
- A New Zealand Poet
- Unintended Cross p. 593
- Pain, Resentment his Inspiration p. 595
- Notes Made in Winter p. 596
- The Tragic Pregnancies p. 599
- The Big Season p. 600
- The World of Sam Cash p. 601
- Smoke Signals p. 602
- Clerks and Cops
- Clear Lenses p. 608
- A Face in the Mirror p. 609
- Impeccably Moderate p. 610
- Writing and Existence p. 611
- Saved from the Thames p. 616
- Words and Ideas p. 617
- The Sacred Craft
- Further Notes on New Zealand Poetry p. 618
- Poetry and Education p. 630
- James K. Baxter: In their Words p. 646
- The Human Condition [1] p. 650
- A Political Diagnosis p. 651
- Tribal Behaviour p. 652
- A New and Strong Talent p. 653
- Break-through p. 654
- Henry Lawson p. 655
- Our Lady and the Soul at the Door p. 656
- Deprived People p. 658
- Letter to a Young Poet p. 659
- A Human Testament p. 661
- Messages from the Cellar p. 663
- Poetry Yearbook p. 664
- Suburban Mirrors p. 665
- The Rabbit Warren p. 666
- The Power of Mrs Grundy p. 668
- Smell of the Lamp p. 671
- The Double Vocation p. 672
- The Sudden Sun
- Pope John’s Council p. 674
- [Poetry 1964] p. 675
- A Sense of Urgency p. 677
- A Maori Prophet
- Domestic Entanglements p. 678
- James K. Baxter Speaking at the Opening of an Exhibition of Paintings by Drew Peters p. 679
- Wild Honey p. 680
- Australian Voices p. 681
- The Quality of Boldness p. 683
- Three Poets p. 864
- Return to Tradition p. 685
- No Ordinary Sun p. 686
- Poets New and Old p. 687
- Drama and Criticism p. 688
- Who was Ned Kelly?
- For the Methodical and for Muddlers p. 691
- The Pythoness p. 693
- Inside the Tribe p. 701
- Voices from the Suburbs
- Bread and a Pension p. 702
- Our Lady in the Bullring p. 705
- A Boy Killed p. 707
- Sex and Paradise p. 708
- Enigmatic Novelist p. 709
- In the Early World
- Vietnam as a Bullring p. 712
- Good Pope John p. 713
- Some Problems of Catholic Writers p. 716
- Literary Gossip p. 717
- Debate on Vietnam p. 718
- A Sponge of Vinegar p. 720
- Conversation about Writing p. 721
- Beginnings p. 723
- Virtue Alarmed [1] p. 729
- Two Good Plays p. 730
- The Shaking of the Tree
- A City was Born p. 733
- Virtue Alarmed [2] p. 734
- Mr Shand and the Rain of Fire (an open letter) p. 735
- Our Lady of the Desert p. 736
- A Parade of Poets p. 737
- T.S. Eliot’s Background p. 739
- With Stubble and Overcoat p. 740
- TV Outlook; reply to a survey p. 742
- Before the Innocence of God p. 743
- Foreword to The Tree House and other poems for children p. 745
- Visit from a Poet p. 746
- [I am Negro] p. 747
- [Baxter on his own Poetry]
- The Idea of Progress p. 749
- Verse Collections p. 751
- Vietnam Protest p. 752
- The Africans p. 753
- Dunedin and Christchurch: The Early Years 1943-1948