The Moods Of Ginger Mick
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Slipcase: Good
From the sun-baked laneways of inner-city Melbourne to the blood-soaked trenches of World War One, The Moods of Ginger Mick chronicles the turbulent journey of a larrikin street tough whose rough edges are tested by the greatest conflict the world had ever seen. Written in rich Australian vernacular, C.J. Dennis presents Ginger Mick — the irreverent, street-smart mate of the beloved Sentimental Bloke — as he answers the call to arms, transforming a tale of urban larrikinism into a surprisingly moving meditation on courage, mateship, and sacrifice. Published in 1916 as a sequel to the wildly popular The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, this verse novel captures the anxious spirit of a nation sending its sons to a distant war, rendered in the kind of colloquial, phonetic Australian slang that made Dennis a household name. Dennis's gift was his ability to dignify the everyday Australian voice, elevating the speech of the working class into poetry of genuine emotional power and national resonance. The Moods of Ginger Mick stands as a significant document of Australian cultural identity — a work that is simultaneously comic and elegiac, ribald and tender — and it leaves the reader wondering whether the larrikin spirit, forged in the back streets and tempered in the fire of war, is truly the beating heart of the Australian character.
Author: C.J. Dennis
Format: Hardback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Slipcase: Good
From the sun-baked laneways of inner-city Melbourne to the blood-soaked trenches of World War One, The Moods of Ginger Mick chronicles the turbulent journey of a larrikin street tough whose rough edges are tested by the greatest conflict the world had ever seen. Written in rich Australian vernacular, C.J. Dennis presents Ginger Mick — the irreverent, street-smart mate of the beloved Sentimental Bloke — as he answers the call to arms, transforming a tale of urban larrikinism into a surprisingly moving meditation on courage, mateship, and sacrifice. Published in 1916 as a sequel to the wildly popular The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, this verse novel captures the anxious spirit of a nation sending its sons to a distant war, rendered in the kind of colloquial, phonetic Australian slang that made Dennis a household name. Dennis's gift was his ability to dignify the everyday Australian voice, elevating the speech of the working class into poetry of genuine emotional power and national resonance. The Moods of Ginger Mick stands as a significant document of Australian cultural identity — a work that is simultaneously comic and elegiac, ribald and tender — and it leaves the reader wondering whether the larrikin spirit, forged in the back streets and tempered in the fire of war, is truly the beating heart of the Australian character.