People and place : the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island in history and literature

People and place : the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island in history and literature / by Len Richardson.

This book traces the enduring relationship between history, people and place that has shaped the character of a single region in a manner perhaps unique within the New Zealand experience. It explores the evolution of a distinctive regional literature that both shaped and was shaped by the physical a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richardson, Len (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, Australian Capital Territory : ANU Press, 2020.
Series:ANU.Lives series in biography.
Subjects:
1900-1999
New Zealand literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Authors, New Zealand > 20th century > Interviews.
Authors, New Zealand
Intellectual life
New Zealand literature
New Zealand > Intellectual life > 20th century.
New Zealand
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Interviews
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Region and nation
  • 3. Philip Ross May : making a goldfield : populating a wilderness
  • 4. Patrick O'Farrell : the Reds and the Greens
  • 5. Bill Pearson : 1908 and all that : Coal Flat
  • 6. Beyond the 1960s I : literary reflections
  • 7. Beyond the 1960s II : the historians
  • 8. Conclusion: enduring past, elusive future.

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