Goodwin, Ken(neth Leslie)

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GOODWIN, Ken(neth Leslie)

GOODWIN, Ken(neth Leslie). Australian, b. 1934. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Teachers' College, Wagga Wagga, Australia, lecturer in English, 1958; University of Queensland, St. Lucia, lecturer, 1959-67, senior lecturer, 1967-69, reader, 1970-71, professor of English, 1971-92, head of department, 1974-79, 1992; University of Southern Queensland, deputy vice-chancellor, 1992-98; University of Sydney, honorary professor of English, 19992001; University of New England, adjunct professor, 2001-. University of California, Berkeley, visiting lecturer, 1967; Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, council member, 1971-82; Canada-Australia Literary Award, chairman of assessors, 1982; Queensland Board of Advanced Education, chairman of education committee, 1983-89; Queensland Art Gallery, trustee, 1983-95, deputy chair, 1990-95. Order of Australia, 1997. Publications: The Influence of Ezra Pound, 1966; An Approach to Modern Poetry, 1968; Understanding African Poetry: A Study of Ten Poets, 1982; Selected Poems of Bruce Dawe, 1984; A Preliminary Handlist of Manuscripts and Documents of William Morris, 1984; A History of Australian Literature, 1986; Adjacent Worlds: A Literary Life of Bruce Dawe, 1988. EDITOR: National Identity, 1970; Commonwealth Literature in the Curriculum, 1980; (with M. Freer) A Common Wealth of Words, 1982; (with A. Lawson) The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature, 1990; Bruce Dawe: Essays and Addresses, 1990; (with W. Zach) Nationalism vs. Internationalism, 1996. Address: 2 Stewart Crescent, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia. Online address: [email protected]