WRITING NEW ZEALAND
THE OXFORD HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE in English
Edited by TERRY STURM

This, the first comprehensive history of New Zealand literature, has been written by a research team working collaboratively over the past six years, under the general editorship of Professor Terry Sturm. The book challenges conventional descriptions of New Zealand literature. Light is shed on little-known authors, and `hidden' periods of New Zealand's literary past. Chapters on the novel, on poetry, and the short story, so often the staple of other histories of literature, have been augmented by sections on drama, non-fiction, children's literature, popular literature, and the history of publishing, patronage, and literary magazines. The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature will prove indispensible to all who have an interest in New Zealand's literary past, and in current thinking about New Zealand literature.

CONTENTS: Maori Literature (Jane McRae), Non-fiction (Peter Gibbons), Novel (Lawrence Jones), Short Story (Lydia Wevers), Drama (Howard McNaughton), Poetry (MacDonald P. Jackson and Elizabeth Caffin), Children's Literature (Betty Gilderdale), Popular Literature (Terry Sturm), Publishing, Patronage, Literary Magazines (Dennis McEldowney), Bibliography (John Thomson).

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