Kin of Place: Essays on New Zealand Writers Stead, C.K. This collection of 28 essays, which cover the work of twenty writers, brings together Stead's most thought-provoking and perceptive commentary from the last 40 years. The book is a selection from previously published volumes about aspects of the work of Katherine Mansfield, James K. Baxter, A.R.D. Fairburn, John Mulgan, Witi Ihimaera, Keri Hulme, R.A.K. Mason, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, Hubert Witheford, Maurice Duggan, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, David Ballantyne and Ian Wedde. There are also eight completely new essays - on Lauris Edmond, Kendrick Smithyman, Ian Wedde, Frank Sargeson, Maurice Gee, Allen Curnow and two on Janet Frame. The collection confirms Stead's reputation as New Zealand's most consistently interesting, eloquent and controversial literary critic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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