The Writing of New Zealand - Inventions and Identities
Language: English
Published by Reed Books, 1993
- Softcover
- Used
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New Zealand: land of mountains, sheep, and the faint suspicion that identity might need a bit of careful editing. The Writing of New Zealand: Inventions and Identities by Alex Calder is not a travel guide, nor a collection of picturesque anecdotes about hobbits (though it predates them becoming a national export). Instead, it is a thoughtful, quietly probing exploration of how a country writes itself into existence?on the page, in the imagination, and occasionally in ways that don?t quite agree with each other. Calder examines the literature and cultural narratives that have shaped New Zealand?s sense of self, asking that deceptively simple question: who gets to define a nation? The answers, unsurprisingly, are layered. Colonial voices, indigenous perspectives, imported traditions, and local reinventions all jostle for space, producing a literary landscape that is as complex as it is politely understated. There is a gentle irony running through it all. Nations like to think they are discovered, founded, or declared. Calder suggests they are also written?drafted, revised, argued over, and occasionally footnoted into coherence. Identity, in this view, is less a fixed point and more a well-edited manuscript with several competing authors. It?s the sort of book that rewards readers who enjoy literary criticism with a cultural edge. You won?t find dramatic plot twists, but you will find ideas that quietly rearrange how you think about place, history, and storytelling. It?s clever without being showy, academic without being impenetrable, and thoughtful in a way that lingers. This good copy, as sold by Crappy Old Books, arrives with just enough wear to suggest it has already participated in a few identity debates of its own. Ideal for readers who like their nations examined, their literature questioned, and their certainties gently unpicked.…
Seller Inventory # 6181
- Title
- The Writing of New Zealand - Inventions and Identities
- Author
- Alex Calder
- Publisher
- Reed Books
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0790003171
- ISBN 13
- 9780790003177
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