Singer in a Songless Land : A Life of Edward Tregear, 1846–1931

• Autore: Howe K. R
• Pubblicazione: Auckland, : Auckland University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 993.02092
• Soggetto topico: Authors, New Zealand -- 20th century -- Biography; Intellectuals -- New Zealand -- Biography; Linguists -- New Zealand -- Biography; New Zealand -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Politicians -- New Zealand -- Biography; Social reformers -- New Zealand -- Biography; Tregear, Edward, -- 1846-1931; Intellectuals - Biography - 20th century - New Zealand; Politicians - New Zealand; Social reformers - Biography - New Zealand; Authors, New Zealand - Biography - New Zealand; Linguists; History & Archaeology; Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright ; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; 1. 'The Fates remove me From human dwellings to the desert landes' 1846-1882; 2. 'Every wood and hill, every lake and river is haunted by beautiful or dreadful beings' 1882-1885; 3. 'A gentleman well known in scientific circles' 1885-1891; 4. 'Apostle of bureaucracy' 1891-1896; 5. 'The moody man who pines for the voices in the mist' 1891-1896; 6. 'Practically I am the Minister of Labour' 1896-1906; 7. 'Islets of coral ringed with calm Farewell, farewell!' 1896-1906; 8. 'I look upon pessimism as mere disappointed egoism' 1906-1911 ; 9. 'I . . . fight in the open now' 1911-191410. 'To prepare . . . for the Great Adventure' 1914-1931; EPILOGUE; ABBREVIATIONS; REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PUBLICATIONS BY TREGEAR; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: At the turn of the twentieth century, Edward Tregear was one of New Zealand's most prominent citizens and widely published intellectuals. He was an authority on Māori and Polynesian studies, a controversial 'socialist' and secretary of the Department of Labour, and a key player in attempts to form a united political labour movement in New Zealand. He was also a social critic, novelist and poet. This biography traces Tregear's career from his youthful days on the 1860s frontier as an anguished, exiled Briton to his position as eminent antipodean figure singing the praises of 'national culture' in New Zealand.
• ISBN: 9781775586142; 1775586146
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911038162703321
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