Publisher's Synopsis
John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942) is one of Australia's finest and best-loved lyric poets. This comprehensive selection of letters to, from and about him fills a long-felt need, providing a vivid personal and social history. Helen Hewson has chosen and edited her material from more than a thousand existing letters, most of which have not been published previously. This complex poet participated in an intricate network of literary relationships and literary production, and it is only through reading the letters that one realizes the degree to which he reflected on his own and other people's poetry and writing.
