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Julian Croft (born 31 May 1941) is an Australian poet and Emeritus Professor of English, University of New England. He was a founder of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature and co-edited its journal, ''Notes and Furphies'' for many years. In addition to gathering prizes for his published poems, he is known for his studies of his teacher, T. Harri Jones and Joseph Furphy (Tom Collins).〔"Croft, Julian" in William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, and Barry Andrews (eds) The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, (Oxford University Press 1994 via Oxford Reference Online).〕〔"Croft, Julian" in (AustLit ): The Australian Literature Resource, National Library of Australia〕〔 ==Early life and education== Julian Charles Basset Croft was born 31 May 1941 in Merewether, a beachside suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, the son of Jack Croft and his wife Florence Helena née Champion.〔"CROFT, Julian Charles Basset" in (Who's Who Live (Australia) ) Crown Content Pty Ltd, accessed 20 August 2011.〕 He was educated at Newcastle Boys' High School.〔 He was graduated Bachelor of Arts by the University of New South Wales in 1961.〔"Mr Julian Croft" in (Alumni Public Profile, University of New South Wales ) (database online).〕〔 From 1961 until 1962 he worked for the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit as a production assistant.〔 Between 1964 and 1967, he was a research assistant at the University of Newcastle〔 and on 15 March 1968, he was graduated Master of Arts by the University of Newcastle〔University of Newcastle, "Conferral of Degrees" (Gazette (1968) Vol. 2 (2) ) (PDF) p 3〕 after he had submitted his dissertation, "The concepts of time, history, and memory in the poetry of Kenneth Slessor and R.D. Fitzgerald" to the Department of English.〔Julian Croft, ("The concepts of time, history, and memory in the poetry of Kenneth Slessor and R.D. Fitzgerald" (1967) Thesis (M.A.) ) submitted to the Department of English, University of Newcastle.〕 His researches resulted in ''T.H.Jones'' (Writers of Wales, 1976), ''The Collected Poems of T. Harri Jones'' (1977, with Don Dale-Jones) and ''Robert D. Fitzgerald'' (1987, UQP Australian Authors Series). In 1967, he married Loretta Ruth Amelia De Plevitz.〔 His first novel, ''Their Solitary Way'' (1985), tells the story of the failure of this marriage with separate versions "emphasising the innate incompatibilities of the two".〔 The marriage was dissolved in 1978.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julian Croft」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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