July-August 2008

Volume LII Number 7-8

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Quadrant

July-August 2008 - Volume LII Number 7-8

Poetry

Today is for Swimming

Kristen Roberts

On the Way to Your Funeral

Kristen Roberts

Philippa Martyr

Light Plane over Sydney Cove

Margaret Bradstock

Lorraine McGuigan

Derek Fenton

Robyn Lance

Phillipa Martyr

Personal Glimpse

Patrick Walsh

Rod Usher

Gary Hotham

Margaret Bradstock

John Whitford

Jennifer Compton

The Farm Terraces

Les Murray

Les Murray

The Woman on the Train to Venice

Patrick Walsh

The Burning Fiery Furnace

John Whitworth

John Whitworth

Criticism

Bernard Smith and the Formalesque

Patricia Anderson

Haddon Chambers and the Long Arm of Neglect

Roger Neill

Melbourne Macbeths

Sophie Masson

Art

Genesis of an Art Boom

Christopher Heathcote

Literature

The Ethics of Literary Hoaxes

Simon Caterson

Film

A Restored Masterpiece

Neil McDonald

Story

Kerry Conway

First Person

Midnight Train from Budapest

Sev Sternhell

Theatre

Michael Connor

The Constitution

The Head of State Debate Resolved

David Flint

Devine

Frank Devine

How Good was Howard?

Liberty, Productivity and Jobs

John Stone

Asia

The Burmese Prospect

Richard Gate

China, Taiwan, and the Future of Geopolitics

Paul Monk

History

The Visit of the Great White Fleet

Tom Frame

The Irishness of Daisy Bates

Bob Reece

A Tale of Two Leaders

David Lee

Poety

Jennifer Compton

Law

George Pell

Society

Censorship, Liberty and License

Leonie Kramer

The Pornification of Girlhood

Melinda Tankard Reist

Letters

Garnaut and Climate Change

The Soft-Marking Syndrome

Defining Gods Into Existence

Can Science Disprove God?

The New Carthage?

Reforming Defence

Defence

What We Achieved In Iraq

Brendan Nelson