The Ern Malley Affair
Heyward Michael
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Publisher Place: St Lucia
Publisher Year: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Description: 284 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.
Publishers Description: Account of one of the literary worlds great hoaxes. Describes the circumstances behind the creation of the apocryphal poet, Ern Malley, the publication of his poems in the avant-garde journal Angry Penguins, and the subsequent trial of the magazines unsuspecting editor Max Harris on obscenity charges. The poems are printed in full and for the first time in many years are seriously re-evaluated. Introduction by Robert Hughes. Includes extensive notes and an index. Heyward is a former co-editor of Scripsi.
ISBN: 0702225622
(231991)
