Maoriland: New Zealand Literature, 1872-1914This critical examination of Maoriland literature argues against the former glib dismissals of the period and focuses instead on the era’s importance in the birth of a distinct New Zealand style of writing. By connecting the literature and other cultural forms of Maoriland to the larger realms of empire and contemporary criticism, this study explores the roots of the country’s modern feminism, progressive social legislation, and bicultural relations. |
Contents
The Encyclopedic Fantasy of Alfred Domett | 23 |
The Bright Unstoried Waters Jessie Mackay | 57 |
Henry Lawsons Aesthetic Crisis | 85 |
Smoothing the Pillow of a Dying Race AA Grace | 110 |
Katherine Mansfield A Modernist in Maoriland | 142 |
Edith Searle Grossmann Feminising the Bush | 171 |
Blanche Baughans Spiritual Nationalism | 201 |
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