{"product_id":"9780732299392_henry-lawson-poems","title":"Henry Lawson Poems","description":"A stunning collection from one of Australia's favourite poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders have long embraced the passionate energy of Henry Lawson's poems. this collection of 177 poems showcases the very best of Lawson - heart-rendering tales of the human condition, rousing poems of social protest, images of comic characters, and classic portraits such as Middleton's rouseabout, as well as some of Lawson's lesser-known works, including the poignant verse addressed to his lost love, Hannah thornburn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Lawson was a man burdened by poverty and deafness and haunted by the specters of alcoholism and madness. Against his tortured life, the spirit, humour and understanding evident in this collection show the breadth of Lawson's achievement and demonstrate why he has endured as one of Australia's great poets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoems listed in chronological order, with title and first line indices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Such pride as a man feels when he has true greatness as his guest, this newspaper feels in introducing to a million readers a man of ability hitherto unknown to them. Henry Lawson is his name.' - \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eNew York Evening Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'the first articulate voice of the real Australian' - David McKee Wright in the preface to the first edition of Lawson's \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, 1918\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Any book of Lawson's should be bought and treasured by all who care for the real beginnings of Australian literature.' - \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003ethe Book Lover Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e(US)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Lawson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896665198741,"sku":"9780732299392","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780732299392_6b78bb6b-c7d0-4065-8cd0-4e440ee0f797.jpg?v=1776888168","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780732299392_henry-lawson-poems","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}