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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463355803321

Autore

Stead C. K (Christian Karlson), <1932->

Titolo

Kin of place : essays on 20 New Zealand writers / / C.K. Stead

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, N.Z. : , : Auckland University Press, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

1-86940-706-7

1-77558-576-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

393

Soggetti

New Zealand literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

New Zealand Intellectual life 20th century

New Zealand In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-381) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; By the Same Author; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Katherine Mansfield:The Art of the 'Fiction'; Katherine Mansfield:The Letters and Journals; Katherine Mansfield's Life; Frank Sargeson:The Realist and the Sprite; Frank Sargeson's Peon; A. R.D. Fairburn:The Argument Against; R.A. K. Mason: Bringing Disorder to Life; Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Living on the Grand; Allen Curnow: Poet of the Real; Second Wind:Allen Curnow's Continuum; Allen Curnow, 1911-2001; John Mulgan:A Question of Identity; Hubert Witheford: Rhetoric and Wit; Maurice Duggan: Language is Humanity

Kendrick Smithyman: Hiding the LunchRonald Hugh Morrieson:The Man from Hawera; David Ballantyne:Whimsical Losers; Janet Frame: Language is the Hawk; A Retrospect: Janet Frame's Pocket Mirror; King's Frame; Lauris Edmond; James K. Baxter:A Loss of Direction; James K. Baxter:Towards Jerusalem; Maurice Gee, Moralist; Witi Ihimaera: Old Wounds and Ancient Evils; Keri Hulme's the bone people; Ian Wedde and the 'From Wystan to Carlos' Lecture; Knox's Oxen; Dates of Authors who are the Subject of Individual Essays; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of 28 critical essays provides provocative comment on



the work of 20 New Zealand writers, including Elizabeth Knox, Katherine Mansfield, Kendrick Smithyman, Allen Curnow, and Janet Frame.