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A.D. Hope

Born

in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia

July 21, 1907

Died

July 13, 2000

Website

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor...

Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction

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Alec Derwent Hope was educated at Sydney and Oxford Universities. He lectured at the University of Melbourne from 1945 to 1950 and eventually moved as foundation professor of English at Canberra University College, later the Australian National University, until 1969. He was instrumental in launching the first full university course in Australian literature.

At the age of 8 years, he wrote his first poem for birthday of his mother. His first collection of poems, The Wandering Islands, was published in 1955. He went on to produce more than a dozen volumes each of poetry and criticism, winning many literature prizes and honors in Australia and, as his reputation grew, internationally. He was awarded an OBE in 1972, was made an AO in 1981 and ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 137 ratings · 11 reviews · 33 distinct works

	Collected Poems 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1966 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected poems 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The cave and the spring: Essays on poetry 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Age of Reason 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orpheus liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dunciad Minor: An Heroick Poem really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	New poems, 1965-1969 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1970 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope Collected Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1901 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Poems 1930-1965 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1966 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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