Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 2

Contents

page break

Contents

Forewordxiii
Return to Dunedin 1966-1968
373. Poet Returns to Home Town 1
374. Robert Burns Fellow ‘more than a poet’ 2
375. The Solitary Man 3
376. Recollections of School Days 4
377. An Impression of Speed 8
378. Baxter Sees Fellowship as a Compromise 9
379. The Unknown Place 10
380. Walking Poets 11
381. Draft of ‘Shots around the Target’ (1) 13
382. Draft of ‘Shots around the Target’ (2) 16
383. The Responsibility of Students to the Community and Themselves 19
384. Shots around the Target: an Arts Festival Talk 20
385. Earlier New Zealand Poetry 43
386. Draft Introduction to ‘The Innovators’ 45
387. The Innovators 46
388. The Broadeners 71
389. No Patriotic Poetry 94
390. Pope John among the French 95
391. Poet in a Tower 96
392. On Returning to Dunedin 97
393. Social Satirist 100
394. To Enlarge Reality 101
395. James K. Baxter Joins the Teilhard Discussion 102
396. O’Neill in Paperbacks 103
397. Unquenchable Spirit 104
398. The Human Condition [2] 105
399. What is a Poem? 106
400. A Plea for Charitable Action 108
401. Murder and the Law 110
402. The Prisoner Describes Himself 110
403. Introduction to Mr Brandywine Chooses a Gravestone 112page break
404. Under their Skin 113
405. Peace in Vietnam 114
406. A Poet’s Garden 115
407. This Time the Flood 116
408. The Puritan Devil 123
409. A Poet’s True Prayer 127
410. Introduction to John Macmillan Brown: the Memoirs 127
411. The Man on the Horse 129
412. Is Napalm the Only Answer in Vietnam? 243
413. The New Jerusalem Bible 244
414. American Poets 248
415. New Directions 249
416. [Replies to Questions about Poetic Composition] 250
417. Draft of ‘The Unicorn: a consideration of adolescence’ 252
418. [Notes on the Making of ‘The Martian’ 1] 255
419. [Notes on the Making of ‘The Martian’ 2] 260
420. It’s a Difficult World, David 261
421. Homosexual Law Reform [1] 263
422. Two Comedies 264
423. The Church and the Alcoholic 264
424. Trade Unions and Unemployment 278
425. Mary at Ephesus 286
426. The Right to Read and Write Examined 287
427. A Russian Poet [1] 289
428. The Spirit of Mary 290
429. The Tree of Jesse 293
430. A Russian Poet [2] 300
431. Australian Moods 301
432. Thoughts of an Old Alligator [1] 303
433. Why Shouldn’t our Priests Marry? 315
434. A True Rhodesian 319
435. Ulysses 321
436. Way of a Prophet 321
437. ‘A book that I treasure and admire’ 323
438. Aspects of Poetry in New Zealand 325
439. Some Notes on Drama 353
440. A Game of Magic 356
441. Play By Baxter Is Welcomed 357
442. Mixed Flatting 359
443. A Human Voice 360
444. Homosexual Law Reform [2] 361
445. The Difficult Tribe 362
446. Small Theatres Are Home of Live Drama 367page break
447. Unmarried Parents [1] 368
448. The Sacrament of Mercy 369
449. The Maori View of Life and Death 374
450. Baxter Employing Mime Technique 382
451. A Man with a Mask 383
452. When is a Book Pornographic? 384
453. Vietnam [1] 389
454. Unmarried Parents [2] 389
455. Personal Issues 390
456. Police Force 391
457. Programme Note for The Sore-footed Man 391
458. Kiwi Habits [1] 391
459. Kiwi Habits [2] 397
460. Notes on Being a New Zealander 400
461. What is Art? Baxter: The Human Being is Object and Subject 404
462. The Lapsed Catholic 406
463. Sharp Metal 409
464. The Flowering Cross 410
465. The Young Eliot 416
466. Schoolteachers and Bureaucrats 417
467. A Letter to Mr Holyoake 425
468. Purgatory 429
469. Poet to Stay in Dunedin 433
470. Campus Laureate 434
471. Hell 435
472. Heaven 439
473. There are Shadows – but Greater Lights – in the Christian’s Death 443
474. Aspects of Poetry 445
475. Programme Note for The Bureaucrat 446
476. Faith 446
477. The Pleasures of Middle Age 449
478. A Certain Spirit 454
479. [Notes on Religion and the Church] 455
480. The Sorrows of Our Lady 456
481. A Second Letter to Mr Holyoake 459
482. The Body and Blood of Christ 463
483. Less than Major 468
484. The Holy Family 469
485. Eastern Weeping 474
486. Theatre Subsidies 474
487. Some Possibilities for New Zealand Drama 476
488. Breaking through the Fences 492page break
489. Central Icon for Christians 494
490. The Angels 498
491. Among the Rocks 503
492. Man’s Quest for Peace 504
493. The Religious Life 509
494. Where Marital Guide-books Go So Sadly Astray . . . 515
495. The New Morality [1] 520
496. Introduction to Mr Brandywine Chooses a Gravestone 521
497. The Cruel Catholic 522
498. Notes Accompanying the Text of The Band Rotunda 526
499. Dear Joseph – Look after them 527
500. The Bones of our Saints 530
501. Thoughts of an Old Alligator [2] 534
502. Christian Humour 547
503. The New Morality [2] 550
504. What is Our Lady's Crown in Heaven? 551
505. Our Political Apathy 553
506. Do You Want to Drive them from the Church? 557
507. Some Aspects of Ecumenism 558
508. The Modern Home 562
509. Some Points of Difficulty 568
510. [A Letter to the Catholic Bishops of New Zealand] 569
511. Let’s be Led by the Holy Spirit 571
512. Should we Shear the Young Sheep? 573
513. Peace, Power, Politics 577
514. The Holy Father 577
515. Should Diocesan Priests be Married? 581
516. In my View[1] 583
517. The Adolescent Christ 584
518. Gentle and Discreet 588
519. The Weight of Slavery 589
520. Constructive Defence 591
521. This Saint was Not Made by Eating Well and Being Kind 592
522. Unhappiness in Marriage 594
523. Are we a Nation of Skinflints? 596
524. Vietnam [2] 599
525. Ice-cream and Ecumenism 599
526. In my View [2] 604
527. I Believe the Church is in the Right 605
528. The Sense of Giving 606
529. World Scene 607
530. Property and Poverty 608
531. [The Burns Fellowship] 614page break
532. Birth Control Clinics are the New Temples 617
533. Sane or Mad 619
534. It All Depends How you Feel; James Q. Oxter’s Dictionary of Gobbledygook 620
535. The Fortunate Country 622
536. Contraception and the Pope [1] 626
537. Rebellion or Resignation 627
538. Changing Over 632
539. A Letter to a Layman 634
540. A Costly Vision 638
541. Don't Water down the Wine of Catholic Doctrine 639
542. In my View [3] 642
543. Last Retreat of a Senile Poet 644
544. Sea and Land 646
545. The Safe World 647
546. Digging Deep 655
547. Contraception and the Pope [2] 656
548. Contraception and the Pope [3] 657
549. Our Lady and the Sacrament of Penance 658
550. Another Baxter Globe Premiere 660
551. In my View [4] 660
552. Western Commentary 662
553. Conscience and the Pill 663
554. St Joseph’s Trials – and Joys 668
555. In my View[5] 672
556. Pope John 673
557. [Review of Fleur Adcock’s Tigers] 675
558. Some Problems of Ecumenism 678
559. The Fisherman’s Licence 681
560. A Minister of Culture 685
561. The Prodigal Son 687
562. [About the Globe Theatre] 689
page break