The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English

The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English
Author: Terry Sturm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 780
Release: 1991
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

The first comprehensive history of New Zealand literature, this volume includes chapters on the novel, poetry, and the short story, as well as sections on drama, non-fiction, children's literature, popular literature, and the history of publishing, patronage, and literary magazines. While it features major authors, this history also contains information on little-known authors and forgotten periods in New Zealand's literary history, providing more comprehensive information on the subject than has ever appeared in a single volume before.

The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature

The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature
Author: Roger Robinson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1998
Genre:
ISBN:

'The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature' contains more than 1500 alphabetically arranged entries on writers, novels, plays, poetry, journals, periodicals, anthologies, literary movements and professional organizations.

The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History

The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History
Author: Ian C. McGibbon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN:

"This book is the most comprehensive guide yet to New Zealand's rich and varied military history. It is supplemented with 150 photographs and more than forty maps, as well as lists of important office-holders. It is a must for students, specialists, and anyone interested in New Zealand's military history and the effect of war on its society."--BOOK JACKET.

The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature

The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature
Author: Jane Stafford
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 2218
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1775581667

From the earliest records of exploration and encounter to the globalized, multicultural present, this compilation features New Zealand's major writing, from Polynesian mythology to the Yates' Garden Guide, from Allen Curnow to Alice Tawhai, and from Wiremu Te Rangikaheke's letters to Katherine Mansfield's notebooks. Including fiction, nonfiction, letters, speeches, novels, stories, comics, and songs, this imaginative selection provides new paths into New Zealand writing and culture.

The Oxford Illustrated History of New Zealand

The Oxford Illustrated History of New Zealand
Author: Keith Sinclair
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195583816

Bringing one thousand years of history to life, this is an illustrated history of New Zealand from the settlement by Polynesians to the present day. The book covers the period of colonisation after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the wars between the Maori and the British Army of the 1860s, the beginning of party government in the 1890s, votes for women in 1893, fighting in South Africa and Europe, the Depression, the Maori drift to towns, the influx of Pacific Islanders, and the economic reforms since the fourth Labour Government. Each chapter has been written by an acknowledged expert in his or her field, and a new chapter by Dr Jack Vowles brings the book fully up to date.

The New Oxford History of New Zealand

The New Oxford History of New Zealand
Author: Giselle Byrnes
Publisher: OUP Australia & New Zealand
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-10-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195584714

The New Oxford History of New Zealand is a new, multi-authored revisionist history of Aotearoa New Zealand. The book tests the idea that New Zealand history can be explained as a quest for 'national identity' and considers whether narratives that rely on the 'colony-to-nation' storyline are still relevant in the early twenty-first century. The book proposes instead that history and identity have been shaped by culture, community, class, region and gender, and that these have been more important than ideas of evolving nationhood. Above all, this new book responds to the need for a general re-interpretation of the 'big picture' of New Zealand history.

A History of New Zealand Literature

A History of New Zealand Literature
Author: Mark Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 660
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1316546195

A History of New Zealand Literature traces the genealogy of New Zealand literature from its first imaginings by Europeans in the eighteenth century. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction that charts the growth of, and challenges to, a nationalist literary tradition, the essays in this History illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of New Zealand literature, surveying the multilayered verse, fiction and drama of such diverse writers as Katherine Mansfield, Allen Curnow, Frank Sargeson, Janet Frame, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism, biculturalism and multiculturalism in New Zealand literature. A History of New Zealand Literature is of pivotal importance to the development of New Zealand writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.

Reader's Guide to Literature in English

Reader's Guide to Literature in English
Author: Mark Hawkins-Dady
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1024
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1135314179

Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of English

The Oxford Handbook of the History of English
Author: Terttu Nevalainen (linguiste)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 983
Release: 2016
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190627883

This ambitious handbook takes advantage of recent advances in the study of the history of English to rethink the understanding of the field.