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A. D. Hope

January 01, 1970

Alec Derwent Hope AC OBE FAHA (21 July 1907 – 13 July 2000) was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic. He was referred to in an American journal as "the 20th century's greatest 18th-century poet".[1]

A. D. Hope
AC OBE FAHA
Hope, c. 1969
Born(1907-07-21)21 July 1907
Cooma, New South Wales
Died13 July 2000(2000-07-13) (aged 92)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Poet and essayist
Spouse
Penelope Robinson
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(m. 1937; died 1988)​
Children3

Life edit

Hope was born in Cooma, New South Wales. His father was a Presbyterian minister and his mother a teacher.[1] He was educated partly at home and in Tasmania, where they moved in 1911. Three years later they moved to Sydney.[1] He attended Fort Street High School, the University of Sydney whilst residing at St. Andrew's College and then the University of Oxford on a scholarship. Returning to Australia in 1931 he then trained as a teacher, and spent some time drifting. He worked as a psychologist with the New South Wales Department of Labour and Industry, and as a lecturer in Education and English at Sydney Teachers' College (1937–44).

He was a lecturer at the University of Melbourne from 1945 to 1950, and in 1951 became the first professor of English at the newly founded Canberra University College, later of the Australian National University (ANU) when the two institutions merged. At the ANU he and Tom Inglis Moore created the first full year course in Australian literature at an Australian university.[1] He retired from the ANU in 1968 and was appointed Emeritus Professor.[2]

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1972[3] and a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1981[4] and awarded many other honours. He died in Canberra, having suffered dementia in his last years, and is buried at the Queanbeyan Lawn Cemetery.

Poet and critic edit

Although he was published as a poet while still young, The Wandering Islands (1955) was his first collection and all that remained of his early work after most of his manuscripts were destroyed in a fire. Its publication was delayed by concern about the effects of Hope's highly-erotic and savagely-satirical verse on the Australian public. His frequent allusions to sexuality in his work caused Douglas Stewart to dub him "Phallic Alec" in a letter to Norman Lindsay.[5] His influences were Pope and the Augustan poets, Auden, and Yeats. He was a polymath, very largely self-taught, and with a talent for offending his countrymen. He wrote a book of "answers" to other poems, including one in response to the poem "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell.

The reviews he wrote in the 1940s and '50s were feared "for their acidity and intelligence. If his reviews hurt some writers – Patrick White included – they also sharply raised the standard of literary discussion in Australia."[6] However, Hope relaxed in later years. As poet Kevin Hart writes, "The man I knew, from 1973 to 2000, was invariably gracious and benevolent".[6]

Hope wrote in a letter to the poet and academic Catherine Cole: "Now I feel I've reached the pinnacle of achievement when you equate me with one of Yeats's 'wild, wicked old men'. I'm probably remarkably wicked but not very wild, I fear too much ingrained Presbyterian caution".[7] Cole suggests that Hope represented the three attributes that Vladimir Nabokov believed essential in a writer, "storyteller, teacher, enchanter".[7]

Hope's editor and fellow critic was David Brooks who was responsible for posthumously publishing the Selected Poetry and Prose of AD Hope in January, 2000.[8]

Influence and impact edit

Kevin Hart, reviewing Catherine Cole's memoir of Hope, writes that "When A. D. Hope died in 2000 at the age of 93, Australia lost its greatest living poet".[6] Hart goes on to say that when once asked what poets could do for Australia, Hope replied "oh not much, merely justify its existence".[7]

In 1998 a celebration of his life and works, The Scythe Honed Fine, was published by the National Library of Australia.

Private life edit

In 1937 he married Penelope Robinson. They had a daughter, Emily, who predeceased her parents in 1979; and two sons, Andrew and Geoffrey, who survived him. Penelope died in 1988.[1]

Awards edit

 
Bust of Hope in Canberra

Bibliography edit

Poetry

  • The Wandering Islands (1955) Sydney: Edwards & Shaw.
  • Poems (1960) London: Hamish Hamilton
  • A.D.Hope (1963) Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
  • Collected Poems: 1930–1965 (1966) Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
  • New Poems: 1965–1969 (1969) Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
  • Dunciad Minor: An Heroik Poem (1970) Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
  • Collected Poems: 1930–1970 (1972) Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
  • Selected Poems (1973) Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
  • A Late Picking : Poems 1965-1974 (1975) Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
  • A Book of Answers (1981) Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
  • The Age of Reason (1985) Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
  • Selected Poems (1986) Manchester: Carcanet.
  • Orpheus (1991) Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
  • Selected Poems (1992) Sydney: Angus & Robertson/Harper Collins.
  • The shorter poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus : a new translation; translated by A. D. Hope (2007) Blackheath N.S.W., Brandl & Schlesinger

Plays

  • The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus: By Christopher Marlowe, purged and amended by A.D. Hope (1982) Canberra: Australian National University Press.
  • Ladies from the Sea (1987) Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

Fiction

  • The Journey of Hsü Shi (1989) Phoenix Review, No. 4.

Criticism

  • "The Discursive Mode: Reflections on the Ecology of Poetry" Quadrant 1/1 (Summer 1956/57): 27–33.
  • The Structure of Verse and Prose (1963) Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Co.
  • Australian Literature 1950–1962 (1963) Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
  • The Cave and the Spring: Essays in Poetry (1965) Adelaide: Rigby. (A second edition was published in 1974 (Sydney: Sydney University Press) with changes and additions.)
  • The Literary Influence of Academies (1970) Sydney: Sydney University Press.
  • A Midsummer Eve's Dream: Variantions on a Theme by William Dunbar (1970) Canberra: Australian National University Press.
  • Henry Kendall: A Dialogue with the Past (1972) Surry Hills: Wentworth Press.
  • Henry Kendall (1973) Melbourne: Sun Books.
  • Native Companions: Essays and Comments on Australian Literature 1936–1966 (1974) Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
  • Judith Wright (1975) Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • The Pack of Autolycus (1979) Canberra: Australian National University Press.
  • The New Cratylus: Notes on the Craft of Poetry (1979) Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Directions in Australian Poetry (1984) Townsville: Foundation for Literary Studies.

Autobiography

  • Chance Encounters (1992) Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gia Metherell, Obituary: "Poet, teacher and fearless civiliser". The Canberra Times, 14 July 2000, p. 13
  2. ^ "MS 5836 Papers of A.D. Hope (1907-2000)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
  3. ^ "It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours". itsanhonour.gov.au. from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ "It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours". itsanhonour.gov.au. from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ Geoffrey Dutton, "The final word" (written in 1991, before his death), Sydney Morning Herald, 15 July 2000, p. 33
  6. ^ a b c Hart (2008)
  7. ^ a b c cited by Hart (2008)
  8. ^ "Not Found · Readings.com.au". www.readings.com.au.
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
  10. ^ "Our history". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  11. ^ "ACT Book of the Year Winners". ACT Virtual Library. Retrieved 27 December 2011.

Sources edit

  • Hart, Kevin (26–27 April 2008). "Lines between us and the void: Review of The Poet Who Forgot by Catherine Cole". The Weekend Australian Review Section.
  • "MS 5836 Papers of A.D. Hope (1907-2000)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
  • McCulloch, Ann (2005). Dance of the Nomad: a study of the selected notebooks of A. D. Hope. Canberra: Pandanus Books. p. 366 p. ISBN 1-74076-168-5.
  • "On A.D. Hope (TLS, May 19, 2006)". Clive James. from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.

External links edit

 
Wikiquote has quotations related to A. D. Hope.
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  • Access to all Hope's poems

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Alec Derwent Hope AC OBE FAHA 21 July 1907 13 July 2000 was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant He was also a critic teacher and academic He was referred to in an American journal as the 20th century s greatest 18th century poet 1 A D HopeAC OBE FAHAHope c 1969Born 1907 07 21 21 July 1907Cooma New South WalesDied13 July 2000 2000 07 13 aged 92 Canberra Australian Capital TerritoryAlma materUniversity of SydneyUniversity College OxfordOccupation s Poet and essayistSpousePenelope Robinson m 1937 died 1988 wbr Children3 Contents 1 Life 2 Poet and critic 3 Influence and impact 4 Private life 5 Awards 6 Bibliography 7 References 8 Sources 9 External linksLife editHope was born in Cooma New South Wales His father was a Presbyterian minister and his mother a teacher 1 He was educated partly at home and in Tasmania where they moved in 1911 Three years later they moved to Sydney 1 He attended Fort Street High School the University of Sydney whilst residing at St Andrew s College and then the University of Oxford on a scholarship Returning to Australia in 1931 he then trained as a teacher and spent some time drifting He worked as a psychologist with the New South Wales Department of Labour and Industry and as a lecturer in Education and English at Sydney Teachers College 1937 44 He was a lecturer at the University of Melbourne from 1945 to 1950 and in 1951 became the first professor of English at the newly founded Canberra University College later of the Australian National University ANU when the two institutions merged At the ANU he and Tom Inglis Moore created the first full year course in Australian literature at an Australian university 1 He retired from the ANU in 1968 and was appointed Emeritus Professor 2 He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1972 3 and a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1981 4 and awarded many other honours He died in Canberra having suffered dementia in his last years and is buried at the Queanbeyan Lawn Cemetery Poet and critic editAlthough he was published as a poet while still young The Wandering Islands 1955 was his first collection and all that remained of his early work after most of his manuscripts were destroyed in a fire Its publication was delayed by concern about the effects of Hope s highly erotic and savagely satirical verse on the Australian public His frequent allusions to sexuality in his work caused Douglas Stewart to dub him Phallic Alec in a letter to Norman Lindsay 5 His influences were Pope and the Augustan poets Auden and Yeats He was a polymath very largely self taught and with a talent for offending his countrymen He wrote a book of answers to other poems including one in response to the poem To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell The reviews he wrote in the 1940s and 50s were feared for their acidity and intelligence If his reviews hurt some writers Patrick White included they also sharply raised the standard of literary discussion in Australia 6 However Hope relaxed in later years As poet Kevin Hart writes The man I knew from 1973 to 2000 was invariably gracious and benevolent 6 Hope wrote in a letter to the poet and academic Catherine Cole Now I feel I ve reached the pinnacle of achievement when you equate me with one of Yeats s wild wicked old men I m probably remarkably wicked but not very wild I fear too much ingrained Presbyterian caution 7 Cole suggests that Hope represented the three attributes that Vladimir Nabokov believed essential in a writer storyteller teacher enchanter 7 Hope s editor and fellow critic was David Brooks who was responsible for posthumously publishing the Selected Poetry and Prose of AD Hope in January 2000 8 Influence and impact editKevin Hart reviewing Catherine Cole s memoir of Hope writes that When A D Hope died in 2000 at the age of 93 Australia lost its greatest living poet 6 Hart goes on to say that when once asked what poets could do for Australia Hope replied oh not much merely justify its existence 7 In 1998 a celebration of his life and works The Scythe Honed Fine was published by the National Library of Australia Private life editIn 1937 he married Penelope Robinson They had a daughter Emily who predeceased her parents in 1979 and two sons Andrew and Geoffrey who survived him Penelope died in 1988 1 Awards edit nbsp Bust of Hope in Canberra 1956 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 1965 Britannica Australia Awards for Literature 1966 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal 1967 Myer Award for Australian Poetry 1969 Ingram Merrill Foundation Award for Literature New York 1969 Levinson Prize for Poetry 9 Chicago 1969 Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities 10 1972 Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 1976 The Age Book of the Year Award for A Late Picking 1976 Robert Frost Award for Poetry 1981 Companion of the Order of Australia AC 1989 New South Wales Premier s Literary Awards Special Award 1993 ACT Book of the Year for Chance Encounters 11 Honorary doctorates from four Australian universities 1 Bibliography editPoetry The Wandering Islands 1955 Sydney Edwards amp Shaw Poems 1960 London Hamish Hamilton A D Hope 1963 Sydney Angus and Robertson Collected Poems 1930 1965 1966 Sydney Angus and Robertson New Poems 1965 1969 1969 Sydney Angus and Robertson Dunciad Minor An Heroik Poem 1970 Melbourne Melbourne University Press Collected Poems 1930 1970 1972 Sydney Angus amp Robertson Selected Poems 1973 Sydney Angus amp Robertson A Late Picking Poems 1965 1974 1975 Sydney Angus amp Robertson A Book of Answers 1981 Sydney Angus amp Robertson The Age of Reason 1985 Melbourne Melbourne University Press Selected Poems 1986 Manchester Carcanet Orpheus 1991 Sydney Angus amp Robertson Selected Poems 1992 Sydney Angus amp Robertson Harper Collins The shorter poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus a new translation translated by A D Hope 2007 Blackheath N S W Brandl amp Schlesinger Plays The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus By Christopher Marlowe purged and amended by A D Hope 1982 Canberra Australian National University Press Ladies from the Sea 1987 Melbourne Melbourne University Press Fiction The Journey of Hsu Shi 1989 Phoenix Review No 4 Criticism The Discursive Mode Reflections on the Ecology of Poetry Quadrant 1 1 Summer 1956 57 27 33 The Structure of Verse and Prose 1963 Sydney Australasian Medical Publishing Co Australian Literature 1950 1962 1963 Melbourne Melbourne University Press The Cave and the Spring Essays in Poetry 1965 Adelaide Rigby A second edition was published in 1974 Sydney Sydney University Press with changes and additions The Literary Influence of Academies 1970 Sydney Sydney University Press A Midsummer Eve s Dream Variantions on a Theme by William Dunbar 1970 Canberra Australian National University Press Henry Kendall A Dialogue with the Past 1972 Surry Hills Wentworth Press Henry Kendall 1973 Melbourne Sun Books Native Companions Essays and Comments on Australian Literature 1936 1966 1974 Sydney Angus amp Robertson Judith Wright 1975 Melbourne Oxford University Press The Pack of Autolycus 1979 Canberra Australian National University Press The New Cratylus Notes on the Craft of Poetry 1979 Melbourne Oxford University Press Directions in Australian Poetry 1984 Townsville Foundation for Literary Studies Autobiography Chance Encounters 1992 Melbourne Melbourne University Press References edit a b c d e f Gia Metherell Obituary Poet teacher and fearless civiliser The Canberra Times 14 July 2000 p 13 MS 5836 Papers of A D Hope 1907 2000 National Library of Australia Retrieved 13 July 2007 It s an Honour Honours Search Australian Honours itsanhonour gov au Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 8 March 2016 It s an Honour Honours Search Australian Honours itsanhonour gov au Archived from the original on 29 January 2019 Retrieved 8 March 2016 Geoffrey Dutton The final word written in 1991 before his death Sydney Morning Herald 15 July 2000 p 33 a b c Hart 2008 a b c cited by Hart 2008 Not Found Readings com au www readings com au The Poetry Foundation Archived from the original on 2 July 2007 Retrieved 13 July 2007 Our history Australian Academy of the Humanities Retrieved 18 April 2024 ACT Book of the Year Winners ACT Virtual Library Retrieved 27 December 2011 Sources editHart Kevin 26 27 April 2008 Lines between us and the void Review of The Poet Who Forgot by Catherine Cole The Weekend Australian Review Section MS 5836 Papers of A D Hope 1907 2000 National Library of Australia Retrieved 13 July 2007 McCulloch Ann 2005 Dance of the Nomad a study of the selected notebooks of A D Hope Canberra Pandanus Books p 366 p ISBN 1 74076 168 5 On A D Hope TLS May 19 2006 Clive James Archived from the original on 8 July 2007 Retrieved 13 July 2007 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to A D Hope Five Poems Poems of A D Hope Some of Alec Derwent Hope Poems Access to all Hope s poems Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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