{"title":"Paul Eggert","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Eggert\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate interplay between literature, history, and culture through meticulously researched works. His writings offer deep insights into the lives and correspondence of notable literary figures, inviting readers to engage with the personal and historical contexts that shaped their creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will find Eggert’s books enriching, as they illuminate the stories behind the texts and the vibrant circles in which these artists and writers lived and worked.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"biography-of-a-book-by-paul-eggert-9781743320129","title":"Biography of a Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiography of a Book\u003c\/em\u003e traces the life of an iconic Australian literary work in the lead-up to, and for a century after, its initial publication: Henry Lawson's 1896 collection \u003cem\u003eWhile the Billy Boils\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Eggert follows Lawson's gradual development of a pared-back bush realism in the early 1890s, as he struggled to forge a career, writing short stories and sketches for the newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLawson's famous collection came out at a decisive moment for the development of a fully professional Australian literary publishing industry, then in its infancy in Sydney. The volume's editing, design and production were collaborative events that changed the feel and nature of Lawson's writing. He had to give ground on his texts and their sequencing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection went on to be reprinted and repackaged countless times. Its production and reception histories act like a geological cross-section, revealing the contours of successive cultural formations in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn unravelling the life of Lawson's classic work, Eggert's book-historical approach challenges and clarifies established understandings of crucial moments in Australian literary history, and of Lawson himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46799605465324,"sku":"9781743320129","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19102973482808.jpg?v=1757237494"},{"product_id":"the-letters-of-charles-harpur-and-his-circle-by-chris-vening-9781743329283","title":"The Letters of Charles Harpur and his Circle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first collection in print of the letters of Australian colonial poet Charles Harpur (1813–68) and his circle. Supported by extensive annotation newly prepared for this edition, the 200 letters and life-documents open up successive phases of colonial culture from the 1830s to the 1860s in a newly focused way. Harpur's two-way correspondence with poet Henry Kendall, and with poet and future premier of NSW Henry Parkes, is especially impressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe letters selected for this edition document Harpur's life in a previously unavailable way. They reveal the intriguing struggle of a high-minded young man to pursue a serious vocation as a poet amidst the unpromising contours of colonial New South Wales society. Despite bearing the taint of a convict family background, Harpur took his vocation with utmost seriousness and had much to endure before he would find recognition as a poet, mainly in colonial newspapers where his poems made over 900 appearances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition captures the process in detail, as well as the production in 1883 of his \u003ci\u003ePoems\u003c\/i\u003e in book form. Even though editorially mangled, \u003cem\u003ePoems\u003c\/em\u003e confirmed his reputation and led to his presence in dozens of anthologies down to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428279271660,"sku":"9781743329283","price":69.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781743329283.jpg?v=1774497234"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/paul-eggert.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}