The Song of Scent-em-lovely. (An Imitation)
Title | The Song of Scent-em-lovely. (An Imitation) |
Year for Search | 1890 |
Authors | Hancock, S[elina] J[ulia] |
Tertiary Authors | Hancock, S. J. |
Date Published | [1890s?] |
Publisher | Humffray, Printer |
Place Published | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, Female author |
Annotation | A poem describing the environs of Dunedin, New Zealand in eutopian terms. It begins with the description of a river in the Kaikorai Valley with healthy, happy working people and continues with other areas, rich and poor, and ends with a dystopian vision of the city. "Stink-um-awful" is compared to the river "Scent-em-lovely." The next page is an ad for land for sale in Roslyn, which has been described as ". . . the pleasantest of suburbs--/The Belgravia of Dunedin,/Where the mansions of the wealthy,/Reared amid the glow of roses./Sheltered by their groves of blue gum,/Sun themselves in luxury" (7). The author also wrote a temperance story The Two Processions: A Dream of Bye-Law 2. Dunedin: Evening Star Job Printing Works, 1894. 12 pp. |
Holding Institutions | DU-Ho |
Author Note | Aotearoa/New Zealand female author. |
Full Text | [1890s?] Hancock, S[elina] J[ulia]. The Song of Scent-em-lovely. (An Imitation). Dunedin, New Zealand: Humffray, Printer. DU-Ho A poem describing the environs of Dunedin, New Zealand in eutopian terms. It begins with the description of a river in the Kaikorai Valley with healthy, happy working people and continues with other areas, rich and poor, and ends with a dystopian vision of the city. “Stink-um-awful” is compared to the river “Scent-em-lovely.” The next page is an ad for land for sale in Roslyn, which has been described as “. . . the pleasantest of suburbs--/The Belgravia of Dunedin,/Where the mansions of the wealthy,/Reared amid the glow of roses./Sheltered by their groves of blue gum,/Sun themselves in luxury” (7). The author also wrote a temperance story The Two Processions: A Dream of Bye-Law 2. Dunedin: Evening Star Job Printing Works, 1894. 12 pp. Aotearoa/New Zealand female author. |