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Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Apr 23, 20206 min read

The Holy Trinity of Anzac Literature

For anyone interested in doing research into the Australian involvement in the Great War, weather they are academics or enthusiasts, then...

A Supplementary to Poetic Terms - A Study Guide

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Apr 2, 201911 min read

A Supplementary to Poetic Terms - A Study Guide

The following supplementary is designed to be a small and quick guide to reading and writing poetry from a purely technical point of...

Walking in the Foot Prints of Australian Great War Poetry

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Mar 31, 201910 min read

Walking in the Foot Prints of Australian Great War Poetry

When reading any poetry, there are certain things we can do in order to make the experience a fuller and more rewarding one, which, in...

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Feb 14, 201910 min read

The Culture of Remembrance

By D.P.G. Sheridan [Essay written 19/5/2014 as part of an MA program, and published through: Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto...

Canonised and Registered – A Poet’s Place in Literary Life

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Feb 2, 20195 min read

Canonised and Registered – A Poet’s Place in Literary Life

By D.P.G. Sheridan Over the course of my research, I have come across numerous listings of poets. Poets who form this list, or that list,...

In Mirth and Grey Sorrow These Verses Were Born: Frank Westbrook

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Oct 1, 20185 min read

In Mirth and Grey Sorrow These Verses Were Born: Frank Westbrook

In Frank Westbrook's book, 'Anzac and After', he makes a dedication I find very easy to relate to. He says; "To my father. My counsellor,...

The war poem and war poetry: Historical witness and historical evidence.

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Oct 1, 20187 min read

The war poem and war poetry: Historical witness and historical evidence.

Any study of the war poem and war poetry should reveal distinct characteristics which go beyond the subject of war. Collectively, war...

Leon Gellert and Norman Lindsay: A Marriage of Word and Image

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Oct 1, 20188 min read

Leon Gellert and Norman Lindsay: A Marriage of Word and Image

Some time ago I came across a most wonderful book, called, ‘Songs from a Campaign’, by Leon Gellert. This book was an amazing find for...

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Sep 11, 201821 min read

God in Australian Great War Poetry

An article which appeared in the scientific journal of the Higher Theological Seminary of the Diocese of Elbląg - Studia Elbląskie XVIII...

‘The Whining Wowser’ - An Australian War of Words in Egypt’s venereal capital, Cairo, 1915

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Sep 11, 201826 min read

‘The Whining Wowser’ - An Australian War of Words in Egypt’s venereal capital, Cairo, 1915

By Dominic P.G. Sheridan MA Abstract At the beginning of World War One, Australia was a mere teenager of just 14 years when it hit the...

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Sep 11, 201822 min read

The Dead Poets' Club - For Members Only

There are many ways to look at and study Australian Great War poets and poetry, and these ways will be, for the most part, looked at by...

The Biggest Known Library of Australian Great War Poetry in the World - and its in Poland

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Sep 11, 20187 min read

The Biggest Known Library of Australian Great War Poetry in the World - and its in Poland

Over the seemingly short period of my thesis research, I have been gathering and collecting a growing library of Australian Great War...

Inside the Australian War Memorial's Research Centre

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Sep 11, 20184 min read

Inside the Australian War Memorial's Research Centre

While in Australia doing some all important research into Australian Great War poetry, I could not go without visiting the Australian War...

Australian Great War poetry as the subject of a PhD thesis in Gdansk, Poland

Dominic P.G. Sheridan

Sep 11, 20184 min read

Australian Great War poetry as the subject of a PhD thesis in Gdansk, Poland

Who on earth would have thought that an Australian from Sydney would be living in Gdansk, Poland, and doing his PhD on Australian Great...

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