A Vision of Ceremony is a collection of poems by Australian writer James McAuley, published by Angus and Robertson in 1956.
[1] The collection contains 31 poems, most of which had been previously published in Australian literary publications such as The Bulletin, Hermes, Meanjin, Southerly and various original poetry anthologies.
[2] Writing in The Bulletin a reviewer noted McAuley's "shrewd, nuggety plainness of style" and the poet being "more often digged than solemn.
"[3] Ian Mair, in The Age, thought of the poet that the "irony and hard glitter that once he had have now gone" cloncluding that McAuley is best "when he is a romantic.
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