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Explore Literature: Les fleurs du mal, Charles Baudelaire 1821-67

The State Library of Queensland's collection includes literature and literary criticism from Queensland, Australia and the world. The Queensland collection is research level, with manuscripts, diaries and correspondence as well as a comprehensive collection of printed books and literary magazines. The international collection contains the works of all the major authors from classical Greece to the 21st century, as well as literary journals, biographies of writers and books about all aspects of literature from Greek drama to science fiction.dramas and 20th century science fiction. The collection includes literary journals in print and online.

Poetry The State Library poetry collection includes Queensland, Australian and international books, anthologies and magazines. It includes both print and online resources. William Dalrymple Nicol illuminated manuscripts, featuring poems of Will H. Ogilvie, A.B. Paterson and Henry Lawson	Literary journals The State Library collects Queensland, Australian and international journals mainly from the 19th century onwards. The Yellow Book: an illustrated quarterly, vol 1, 1894, Edited by Aubrey Beardsley
19th century Australian literature A particular strength of the State Library's literature collection is its 19th century Australian collection which includes books and magazines from both Australia and Great Britain. Reading together, ca. 1895, Image No. 93068	Queensland authors The State Library collects the complete body of works of Queensland authors. This includes all domestic and foreign editions and manuscript material. Sketch of poet James Brunton Stephens, Image No. 131617
Queensland school readers Introduced in 1915, Queensland school readers were the first set of readers written specifically for Queensland school children. The State Library holds a selection of these old favourites. Classes on the verandah at Yungaburra State School, ca. 1928, Image No. API-081-0001-0019

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