The level-headed revolutionary
Subtitle: essays, stories and poems by Brian Medlin
By: edited by Gillian Dooley, Wallace McKitrick, Susan Petrilli
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Mile End, South Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781743058190
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Australian essays; Australian poetry; Australian Short stories; Essays; Poetry; Short stories
Other titles: The level-headed revolutionary
Description: Brian Medlin (1927-2004) -- philosopher, activist, socialist, bushman, environmentalist, poet and author of short stories -- wrote much more than he published during his lifetime. This collection includes five of his essays, dealing with how to stay sane and constructive in the face of environmental crisis, with the nature of philosophy and the contemporary university, and with the very meaning of life and death. They are as relevant and urgent now as when he wrote them 30 years ago. The essays are complimented by a selection of his poetry and by four of the short stories he wrote under the pseudonym Timothy Tregonning, only two of which have been previously published. Set in the early 20th century, the stories draw us into the mixed fortunes of a working class family in South Australia's mid north.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.