AUDIO
Interview with John Ross
- Date
- 21 May 1995
- By
- Ross, John C (Dr), 1938-
- Reference
- OHInt-0576-34
- Description
These notes were taken from a brief unrecorded telephone interview with John Ross. Talks about completing English Honours at Victoria University in 1962-63, being chairman of the University Literary Society, and recalls Denis Glover as a poetry performer, reading 'The Rakehelly Man' and 'Sings Harry' at the English Department's end of year review.
Talks about his thesis on poet Rex Fairburn's 'Dominion', taking it to Glover for his comments, and working on the Fairburn correspondence with Glover prior to Lauris Edmond editing them.
Talks about Khura Glover's support for Glover and his work, his thoughts on Glover's drinking. Comments on Glover's writing style - the sophistication of his poetry, comparing it to Ben Johnson's in Elizabethan times or The Beatles lyrics.
Interviewer(s) - Gordon Ogilvie
Quantity: 1 printed notes - not recorded.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2823.
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- Part of
- Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie
- Format
- 1 printed notes - not recorded, Oral histories
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Interview with John Ross, printed notes
From: Interviews about Denis Glover by Gordon Ogilvie
Reference: OHA-2823
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) printed notes. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available.