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Critical Writings, 1935-84
Published on 1. October 2013
338 pages
978-1-77558-114-7 (ISBN)
Description
The collected critical writings of one of New Zealand's major poets and critics, covering half a century of his work. Of the thirty-eight items (reviews, essays, lectures, interviews, and letters) included, his controversial introductions to his anthologies of New Zealand verse are the best known. There are also incisive essays on Curnow's New Zealand contemporaries, and on writers from further afield, such as Olson and Thomas. For students of English literature, particularly of New Zealand.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
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Windows
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0,54 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-77558-114-7 (9781775581147)
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Content
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- A note on the text
- 1 | Poetry and Language (1935)
- 2 | Poets in New Zealand: Problems of Writing and Criticism (1937)
- 3 | Rata Blossom or Reality? New Zealand and a Significant Contribution (1938)
- 4 | Prophets of Their Time: Some Modern Poets (1940)
- 5 | The Last of Yeats (1940)
- 6 | A Job for Poetry: Notes on an Impulse (1941)
- 7 | The Poetry of R. A. K. Mason (1941)
- 8 | Aspects of New Zealand Poetry (1943)
- 9 | Introduction to A Book of New Zealand Verse 1923-45 (1945)
- 10 | Dialogue With Ngaio Marsh (1945)
- 11 | Modern Australian Poetry (1947)
- 12 | A. R. D. Fairburn: A Sketch in Advance of a Visit (1947)
- 13 | Three Caxton Poets: Brasch, Baxter, Hart-Smith (1948)
- 14 | James K. Baxter: Blow, Wind of Fruitfulness (1948)
- 15 | Painting in Canterbury (1950)
- 16 | The New Zealand Poetry Yearbook (1951)
- 17 | The Poetry Yearbook: a Letter to Louis Johnson (1953)
- 18 | M. H. Holcroft: Dance of the Seasons (1953)
- 19 | E. H. McCormick: The Expatriate (1955)
- 20 | Introduction to The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse (1960)
- 21 | Frank Sargeson: A Time for Sowing (1961)
- 22 | Introduction to Collected Poems by R. A. K. Mason (1962)
- 23 | New Zealand Literature: the Case for a Working Definition (1964)
- 24 | Louis MacNeice (1964)
- 25 | Distraction and Definition: Centripetal Directions in New Zealand Poetry (1970)
- 26 | Two Prefaces (1974)
- 27 | Conversation with Allen Curnow (1973)
- 28 | Coal Flat Revisited (1963, 1976)
- 29 | Douglas Lilburn (1980)
- 30 | Denis Glover: An Introduction to the Poems (1981)
- 31 | Olson as Oracle: 'Projective Verse' Thirty Years On (1982)
- 32 | About Dylan Thomas (1982)
- 33 | 'Dichtung und Wahrheit': A Letter to Landfall (1984)
- A, B, C
- Index
- D, E, F
- G, H, I
- J, K, L
- M, N, O
- P, Q, R
- S, T, U
- V, W, X
- Y, Z
- Copyright
