The secular visionaries : aestheticism and New Zealand short fiction in the twentieth century / / Joel Gwynne.

This retrospective study examines short fiction in the context of stylistic tradition in New Zealand’s literary history. By exploring the extent to which the major exponents of twentieth-century short fiction extend the traditions of realism and impressionism as initiated by Katherine Mansfield and...

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Superior document:Costerus new series ; 186
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Costerus ; 186.
Physical Description:1 online resource (285 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • FRANK SARGESON (1903-1982): “GOLD AND QUICK SILVER IN THE HOLLOWS”
  • MAURICE DUGGAN (1922-1974): “EXEGESIS TO HIS CRYPTIC UTTERANCE”
  • JANET FRAME (1924-2004): “YOU DON’T REALLY BELIEVE IN CATEGORIES LIKE THAT, DO YOU?”
  • PATRICIA GRACE (1937- ): “IT’S HIGH AND HOLY WORK”
  • OWEN MARSHALL (1941- ): “THERE’S NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION IN THE LAND OF LIVING DEATH”
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.