Waltzing Matilda. New Book on The Origins.
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:51 pm
As a bush poetry association with presumably a strong interest in Banjo Paterson, it is worth mentioning on the forum the recent publication of a book :
Waltzing Matilda Australia's Accidental Anthem by W. Benjamin Lindner
If interested, one can Google it.
The words to the WM song were written of course by Banjo Paterson who reckons he “..sold it for a fiver”
This follows on closely behind Grantlee Kieza's book about Banjo Paterson.
Paterson and WM might be subjects of renewed public interest.??
I have not read this particular WM book so have formed no independent personal opinion of it. One might say that at least in principle a book on this subject has to be a good thing for Australia and literature and Bush Poetry??
I suppose I would agree with that, but only with certain reservations. Books on the origins of WM have been written in the past resulting in acrimonious debates between authors. Not nice.
One book on the Origins was written with the apparent purpose of presenting WM as a Socialist anthem.
Another has a fundamental factual mistake two thirds through the book that should have been picked up before publication.
And so on....
https://www.booktopia.com.au/waltzing-m ... 77076.html
As always, one must beware of opinion dressed up as fact... but having said that, it could be a good read for those with an intense interest in WM.
Waltzing Matilda Australia's Accidental Anthem by W. Benjamin Lindner
If interested, one can Google it.
The words to the WM song were written of course by Banjo Paterson who reckons he “..sold it for a fiver”
This follows on closely behind Grantlee Kieza's book about Banjo Paterson.
Paterson and WM might be subjects of renewed public interest.??
I have not read this particular WM book so have formed no independent personal opinion of it. One might say that at least in principle a book on this subject has to be a good thing for Australia and literature and Bush Poetry??
I suppose I would agree with that, but only with certain reservations. Books on the origins of WM have been written in the past resulting in acrimonious debates between authors. Not nice.
One book on the Origins was written with the apparent purpose of presenting WM as a Socialist anthem.
Another has a fundamental factual mistake two thirds through the book that should have been picked up before publication.
And so on....
https://www.booktopia.com.au/waltzing-m ... 77076.html
As always, one must beware of opinion dressed up as fact... but having said that, it could be a good read for those with an intense interest in WM.