Moonlight Acre
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
From one of Australia's most distinguished voices of the twentieth century comes Moonlight Acre, a collection of poetry that cements Robert D. FitzGerald's reputation as a master of lyrical meditation and philosophical inquiry. Published in 1938, this landmark volume presents verse that grapples with the great questions of time, mortality, and humanity's place in the natural world, all rendered through the lens of an unmistakably Australian sensibility. FitzGerald crafts each poem with a disciplined formal rigour, channelling the influence of classical traditions while speaking with a distinctly modern urgency that resonates far beyond its era. Moonlight Acre stands as a cornerstone of Australian literary history, arriving at a moment when the nation's poetic identity was still being forged. FitzGerald's style — measured, muscular, and deeply intellectual — argues for poetry as a vehicle for philosophical truth rather than mere ornamentation, placing him in the company of the great humanist poets of his generation. The collection illustrates a mind wrestling with permanence and change, with the tension between the ephemeral and the enduring — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the moonlit acre we each truly possess.
Author: Robert D. Fitzgerald
Format: Hardback
Published: 1938, Melbourne University Press in association with Oxford University Press
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
From one of Australia's most distinguished voices of the twentieth century comes Moonlight Acre, a collection of poetry that cements Robert D. FitzGerald's reputation as a master of lyrical meditation and philosophical inquiry. Published in 1938, this landmark volume presents verse that grapples with the great questions of time, mortality, and humanity's place in the natural world, all rendered through the lens of an unmistakably Australian sensibility. FitzGerald crafts each poem with a disciplined formal rigour, channelling the influence of classical traditions while speaking with a distinctly modern urgency that resonates far beyond its era. Moonlight Acre stands as a cornerstone of Australian literary history, arriving at a moment when the nation's poetic identity was still being forged. FitzGerald's style — measured, muscular, and deeply intellectual — argues for poetry as a vehicle for philosophical truth rather than mere ornamentation, placing him in the company of the great humanist poets of his generation. The collection illustrates a mind wrestling with permanence and change, with the tension between the ephemeral and the enduring — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the moonlit acre we each truly possess.