Wordsworth and Malouf

f the cultures in Rome and Tomis and we see also the historical significance of the life of the poet Ovid as it is a semi-fictional account of his life. The context exists in a time continuum which is transferable to any time, place or context. It can especially be made to represent the Australian outback. The European spirit at its birth transferred to a dry, arid place in the Australian outback in the context of an Australian author. He is suggesting to us that Europeans will find their identity in nature as the Aborigines have done since the Dreamtime. Phillip Martin in his article "Australia in Disguise" agrees with this perspective that as Malouf is an Australian author, it is intended to be a metaphor of the wild Australian outback.
             Wordsworth's audience was the noble and upper-classes in Victorian England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Romantic's poems were written as a form of entertainment for the wealthy and were often performed in their courts and castles by the poets. Wordsworth would have also written the poems for a love of writing poetry and to express his views on the natural world with other poets. He deals mainly in the personal, social and historical contexts. Often his poems have a specific subject that they revolve around and can be overtly personal. He is expressing his disapproval of the direction in which society is heading after the industrial revolution and the social trend towards materialism as well as the neglect and exploitation of the natural world. Wordsworth's intended meaning is difficult to understand without first understanding the historical context in which he lived.
             In Ovid's journey, The Child is an extended metaphor of the embodiment of nature. The Child is perhaps not given a name as he is desired to stay anonymous by Malouf to show he is not representative of something human, but rather is nature itself. The Child is an interesting choice for this representatio...

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