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| Author | C. J. Dennis |
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| Illustrator | Hal Gye |
| Cover artist | Hal Gye |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Satire |
| Set in | Gosh |
| Publisher | Angus & Robertson |
Publication date | 1917 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Pages | 130 |
| Preceded by | The Moods of Ginger Mick |
| Followed by | Doreen |
The Glugs of Gosh is a book of satirical verse written by Australian author C. J. Dennis, published by Angus & Robertson in 1917. The book's 13 poems are vignettes of life in a fictional kingdom called Gosh, inhabited by an arboreal race (that is to say, climbers) known as Glugs. Dennis describes the Glugs as a "stupid race of docile folk".[1] The illustrations, by Dennis's regular collaborator Hal Gye, depict the Glugs as short humanoids with large heads. Written in the style of children's nonsense poetry, the work attacks free trade, along with what Dennis saw as Australia's social conformity, intellectual cowardice and rampant bureaucracy. Although the book has greater literary merit than the larrikin-inspired doggerel verse for which Dennis is famed, it was a commercial failure.[2] According to one biographer, "the veiled political and economic satirical verse was lost on the public."[3] The book is dedicated to his wife.
- ^ Dennis, C. J. (1917). The Glugs of Gosh. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 43.
- ^ "The Glugs of Gosh". AustLit. 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ McLaren, Ian F. (1981). "Dennis, Clarence Michael James (1876–1938)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 22 May 2020.