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English: Kenneth Slessor (Standard)

Catalogue

Bloom's Literature

Bloom's Literature is a great resource for students when studying authors and texts in-depth.

Books in the CBL

The War Despatches of Kenneth Slessor Official Australian Correspondent, 1940-1944 by Kenneth Slessor
Call Number: War & Conflict 940.5481 SLE
Brodie's notes on the poetry of Kenneth Slessor
Call Number: 811.93 DEG

Podcasts

ABC Radio National: Five Bells by Kenneth Slessor
Lyn Gallacher celebrates the work of Kenneth Slessor's masterful and much loved Five Bells.

About

Kenneth Slessor

A Way with Words: Kenneth Slessor
This weblink is to the ANZAC Portal, a publication of the Australian Government Department of Veteran Affairs.
Australian Dictionary of Biography: Kenneth Adolf Slessor
This article by Dennis Haskell was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, 2002.

Useful Weblinks

STUDY GUIDES

Kenneth Slessor, Selected Poems: Texts and Human Experiences
This weblink by Dux College gives examples of human experiences from Slessor's poems Wild Grapes, Gulliver, Out of Time, Beach Burial, Vesper - Song of the Reverend Samuel Marsden, William Street.

USEFUL WEBLINKS

Stralian Strories - Kenneth Slessor a reluctant master by Neil Boyack
This article is published on Trouble, a street press magazine.
On the Personal Element in Kenneth Slessor's Poetry
Mitchell, A. (1991). On the Personal Element in Kenneth Slessor's Poetry. Antipodes, 5(2), 84-90. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.stignatius.idm.oclc.org/stable/41958300

Crowdsourced Resources

These links are to resources produced by HSC teachers and students, not from this College. Please read all material with a critical eye.

Nebo Literature: Features of Slessor's Poetry
Nebo Literature is a website written by experienced English teachers. Follow the links on the left to biography, Sleep, Beach Burial, Wild Grapes, Five Bells, Five Visions.

Videos