The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature

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Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature : Hardback

The name field is required. One of the country's most significant and successful playwrights is Roger Hall. Support for playwrights and plays in New Zealand is provided by Playmarket , a national organisation which also publishes and sells plays and scripts. New Zealand also has a strong tradition, equally if not more intrinsically New Zealand , of fiercely independent theatre which does not subscribe to commercial theatrical norms.

One might cite Red Mole theatre group s , some work by Mervyn Thompson , the early work of Paul Maunder , or more recently the Free Theatre of Christchurch —present. These groups have arguably nourished the intellectual sub-stratum of New Zealand theatre. Foreskin's Lament is a notable New Zealand play about rugby culture - by South Islander Greg McGee - famous for its closing speech by the titular character.

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This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. June Learn how and when to remove this template message. Timeline Independence Colonial Dominion Military. Music and performing arts. Flag Coat of arms National anthems. List of New Zealand poets. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Timeline Military history Archaeology. New Zealand New Writing , a local version produced between and , was another vehicle for fresh talent.

The belief that New Zealand culture was worthy of serious comment was behind a burst of critical writing, beginning in with the publication of Eric McCormick's ground-breaking survey Letters and art in New Zealand. This was closely followed by a wide-ranging series of essays by Monte Holcroft, the first of which was entitled The deepening stream. With peace came a sense of renewal and some crucial innovations that helped literature to flourish.

New Zealand universities began to expand rapidly after the war, and once again, they proved havens for writers. The University of New Zealand began publishing books in A controversial but significant move, championed by the influential public servant Joe Heenan, was the establishment in of a government Literary Fund to provide writers with financial assistance.

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Pre-war publishing enterprises, notably the Caxton Press, were revived, and new ones began, for instance the Paul's Book Arcade imprint of Blackwood Paul. Possibly the most momentous event was the founding by poet and editor Charles Brasch of Landfall. This quarterly journal, which first appeared in , came to dominate literary life, though a number of other small magazines were soon set up in competition with it.

The s and s were favourable times for poets and poetry, and lively communities of poets sprang up in the main centres, particularly Wellington and Auckland. Debate about the nature of poetry sparked some heated exchanges. Allen Curnow's anthology, A book of New Zealand verse —45 , provoked a reaction from emerging poets such as James K.

Baxter , Louis Johnson and Kendrick Smithyman, who objected to what they saw as Curnow's insistence on a nationalist agenda for poetry. They argued that New Zealand poets, now secure in their identity, should express themselves on universal themes in an international context. Underlying the positions was a tension between modernist and romantic approaches to poetry. Baxter, who claimed pre-eminence for the Wellington group of poets, which included himself, Alistair Campbell, W.

Oliver, Louis Johnson and Hubert Witheford. Sparring continued throughout the decade. Publication opportunities for poets were plentiful: The Anthology of New Zealand verse , compiled by Robert Chapman and Jonathan Bennett, published many of the younger poets whom Curnow had overlooked in his anthology, including new women poets such as Mary Stanley. However others, including Ruth France who used the pen name Paul Henderson , found it difficult to make their voices heard in a male-dominated literary milieu. The Depression and the advent of 'talkies' in the late s brought an end to regular tours of New Zealand by British and American professional theatre companies, and thereafter a thriving local amateur dramatic movement emerged.