Opening the Book: New Essays on New Zealand Writing - Softcover
Over the last three decades New Zealand literature has changed radically as New Zealand has become more diverse and more independent of its colonial origins. In place of a small literary culture--nationalist, realist, Pakeha and masculine in outlook--we now find a variety of styles, kinds, voices. In response to these changes, writing about New Zealand literature has also changed. Since the mid 1980s, criticism in New Zealand has sought to come to terms with feminism, culture studies, postmodernism, post-colonialism indigenous writing. This book collects new essays by writers and critics who have taken part in this process of assimilation and debate. The aim is not to announce a new orthodoxy or to impose some imported critical methodology on local writing. Rather the book shows how some well-known New Zealand authors--Mansfield, Sargeson, Hyde, Frame--can be read and reinterpreted from a number of critical perspectives and how different types of writing can be freshly reconsidered. The essays are lively, various, challenging. They re-examine New Zealand's past, question long-held assumptions, analyze the contemporary scene, and indicate new directions.
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- PublisherAuckland University Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1869401158
- ISBN 13 9781869401153
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
- EditorMark Williams, Michele Leggott
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 335 pages. Over the last three decades New Zealand literature has changed radically as New Zealand has become more diverse and more independent of its colonial origins. In place of a small li terary culture-nationalist, realist, Pakeha and masculine in outl ook-we now find a variety of styles, kinds, voices. In response t o these changes, writing about New Zealand literature has also ch anged. Since the mid 1980s, criticism in New Zealand has sought t o come to terms with feminism, culture studies, postmodernism, po st-colonialism indigenous writing. This book collects new essays by writers and critics who have taken part in this process of ass imilation and debate. The aim is not to announce a new orthodoxy or to impose some imported critical methodology on local writing. Rather the book shows how some well-known New Zealand authors-Ma nsfield, Sargeson, Hyde, Frame-can be read and reinterpreted from a number of critical perspectives and how different types of wri ting can be freshly reconsidered. The essays are lively, various, challenging. They re-examine New Zealand's past, question long-h eld assumptions, analyze the contemporary scene, and indicate new directions. Editorial Reviews About the Author Mark Williams i s senior lecturer in English at the University of Canterbury. Seller Inventory # 765ab
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