KEVIN HART

:''This page is about the poet and critic. For the Australian painter, see Kevin Charles "Pro" Hart. For the actor and comedian, see Kevin Hart. For the Chicago Cubs pitcher, see Kevin Hart.''
'Kevin Hart' (b. 1954) is an Australian poet and literary critic. He grew up in London and Brisbane, and was educated at the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne. In his early career he was one of a group of poets often referred to as the Canberra Poets. In addition to Kevin Hart, they included Alan Gould, Mark O’Connor, Geoff Page, and Les Murray.
In 2001 he left Australia to take up a position at the University of Notre Dame. In 2007, he accepted a position at the University of Virginia.
Hart is generally regarded as one of Australia's leading poets. His poetry has won a number of prizes, including the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for his 1984 book, ''Your Shadow''. He has also won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for poetry.
He is one of the most well-respected professors at Notre Dame and his sense of humor is appreciated by all his students. He is known for his British accent and his favorite expression is "jolly good."

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Bibliography

'Poetry'

★ ''The Departure'' (1978)

★ ''The Lines of Your Hand'' (1981)

★ ''Your Shadow'' (1984)

★ ''Peniel'' (1991)

★ ''New and Selected Poems'' (1994)

★ ''Dark Angel'' (1996)

★ ''Nineteen Songs'' (1999)

★ ''Wicked Heat'' (1999)

★ ''Madonna'' (2000)

★ ''Flame Tree'' (2002)

★ ''Night Music'' (2004)
'Criticism'

★ ''The Trespass of the Sign'' (1989)

★ ''A.D. Hope'' (1992)

★ ''Losing the Power to Say ‘I’'' (1996)

★ ''Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property'' (1999)

★ ''How to Read a Page of Boswell'' (2000)

★ ''The Impossible'' (2004)

★ ''Nowhere Without No: In Memory of Maurice Blanchot'' (editor; 2004)

★ ''Postmodernism: A Beginner’s Guide'' (2004)

★ ''The Dark Gaze: Maurice Blanchot and the Sacred'' (2004)

★ ''Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments'' (with Yvonne Sherwood, 2004)

★ ''The Experience of God (Editor, with Barbara Wall), 2005)

★ ''Counter-Experiences: Reading Jean-Luc Marion'' (editor; 2007)

External links

★ Kevin Hart at Poetry International Web