Summary
Game type: poetry
Poem titled 'Mass Epitaph for Polyversity Presidents' written by Dr Dorothy Howard and published in the American Association of University Professors Bulletin (AAUP) in 1966. Dr Howard describes her work as a parody of John Keats' poem 'Lines on the Mermaid Tavern', which was first published in 1820.
One of a collection of poems and other creative writings by children's folklorist Dr Dorothy Howard. Dr Howard came to Australia in 1954-55 as an American Fulbright scholar to study Australian children's folklore. She travelled across Australia for 10 months collecting children's playground rhymes, games, play artefacts, etc. The original fieldwork she collected during this period is held in the Australian Children's Folklore Collection (ACFC) at Museum Victoria and includes index cards, letters and photographs.
Physical Description
Photocopied, typed extract from bulletin; black text on paper. One page printed on one side only with handwritten annotation.
More Information
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Collection Names
Australian Children's Folklore Collection, Dorothy Howard Collection
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Acquisition Information
Cultural Gifts Donation from Dr June Factor, 18 May 1999
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Acknowledgement
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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Author
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Publisher
American Association of University Professors, 1133 Nineteenth Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States of America, 1966
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Organisation Named
Frostburg State College, 101 Midlothian Rd, Frostburg, Maryland, United States of America
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Person Named
John Keats, England, Great Britain, 1820
Dr Howard describes her work as a parody of John Keats' poem 'Lines on the Mermaid Tavern', which was first published in 1820. -
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Overall Dimensions
216 mm (Width), 279 mm (Height)
Orientation: portrait
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