Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Lazarus and other poems
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
A. H. & A. W. Reed
Place
Date
1949
Physical Description
38 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
MS-2002-38 Jack William Goodwin - papers
Edition/State/Version
1st edition
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Copy 128414 signed by J. Goodwin, newspaper items glued into back pages and enclosed in envelope at back of book. Bookplate of Violet Markham Jones inside front cover with pencil annotations written over top: "I'm a lyre; I'm a lyre-bird ; you're a liar".
Content
[I.] Lazarus : betrothed to Lazarus ; the Sisters of Lazarus ; Lazarus speaks -- Anthem -- Li Po -- [II.] Sanatorium : morning ; noon ; night -- legendary lady -- phobia -- [III.] Leah : Leah ; Jacob ; Rachel -- portrait -- the widow -- [IV.] overheard in a garden : the worm ; the snail ; the slug -- "hungry? for me?" -- Joseph -- doors -- unscarred -- the worshipper -- street at dusk -- bird's-eye view -- "a little apple, a little Eve"
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Gilbert, Ruth, 1917-2016; Engraving, New Zealand--20th century]
See link in this record to an obituary for Ruth on the Poetry Archive of New Zealand. Illustration on title-page. The production of this book has been assisted by the New Zealand State Literary Fun.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
Florence Ruth Gilbert ONZM (26 March 1917 - 11 April 2016) was a New Zealand poet whose work has been widely published in New Zealand and Commonwealth countries. She was born in Greytown and educated at Hamilton High School and the Otago School of Physiotherapy.
Her poetry appeared first in magazines and anthologies and later in ten personal collections. She was awarded the Jessie Mackay Memorial Award for verse three times. She has served as President of New Zealand PEN and the New Zealand Women Writers Society.
In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to poetry.--Wikipedia, retrieved January 2020.
Collection Type
General Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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