Good for the soul : John Curtin's life with poetry / Toby Davidson.
Publication details: Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2021.Description: xvii, 452 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781760801564
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 920 DAV | Available | 062624 |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Toby Davidson reveals a new perspective on John Curtin: the poetry of his times, and the poems he himself read. As Davidson shows, Curtin's poetry reading and his reflections upon it influenced his thoughts and language from his socialist youth to the last days of his leadership of a nation transformed by global peril. Good for the Soul: John Curtin's Life with Poetry is a unique, patiently researched and fascinating re-evaluation of Australia's revered wartime Prime Minister." -- back cover.