Leaving the Highway : Six Contemporary New Zealand Novelists

Mark. Williams
Bok · Engelsk · 2013 · Electronic books.

Annen tittel	Leaving the Highway
Utgitt	New York : : Auckland University Press, , 2013.
Omfang	1 online resource (410 p.)
Opplysninger	Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Table of Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION : The Cultural Context; CHAPTER 1 : Janet Frame's Suburban Gothic; CHAPTER 2 : C. K. Stead's Adversary Stance; CHAPTER 3 : Keri Hulme and Negative Capability; CHAPTER 4 : Witi Ihimaera and the Politics of Epic; CHAPTER 5 : Ian Wedde's Relocations; CHAPTER 6 : Maurice Gee: Mistakes and Miracles; CONCLUSION : Violent Dualities; Notes; Select Bibliography; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Copyright. - Leaving the Highway was the first critical study of some of New Zealand's major novelists: Janet Frame, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera, Maurice Gee, Ian Wedde, and C. K. Stead. Here Mark Williams concentrates on their important works to explore how deeply rooted anxieties about New Zealand's bicultural situation and national identity are articulated in New Zealand fiction.
Emner	New Zealand fiction - History and criticism New Zealand fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Novelists, New Zealand. 1900-tallet Vis mer... Engelsk litteratur English Literature English Languages & Literatures New Zealand Romaner
Sjanger	Electronic books.
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Dewey	823 . - 828.993309
ISBN	1869400445