Author: CHRISTESEN, C. B; Editor.
Title: Meanjin Papers. Significant 25 year un-broken run of Meanjin Papers from 1943-1968. Volume Two Number 1 Autumn 1943 to Volume XXVII Number 4 Summer 1968. A Literary Quarterly. Contemporary Verse and Prose. Years 1943-1968. Meanjin Quarterly Index 1940-65 compiled by Marjorie Tipping in 1969.
Description: First Editions; 8vos; pp. over 4000 in total; 4 quarterly parts bound in each volume retaining their original wrappers, bound in modern cloth, titles and date lettered in gilt on spine, all volumes in fine condition. Brisbane, The Meanjin Press, 1943-1968. Meanjin was founded in Brisbane in 1940 and is a literary magazine reflecting the breadth of contemporary thinking on literature and other art forms as well as broader issues of the time. The magazine during its first 25 years contained some of the most memorable stories, essays, criticism and poetry including such stories as patrick White's "Down at the Dump" and Vance Palmer's "Mathieson's Wife", A.A. Phillip's biting criticism of "The Cultural Cringe', and T. Inglis Moore's assessment of "The Meaning of Mateship".

Keywords: Australian poetry literary magazine