Reference books | Anthologies | Selected books
This collection is shelved with the New Zealand fiction.
Key reference books
The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature
An extensive history of New Zealand writing in English, this book also includes an introductory chapter that surveys writing about Maori literature and language.
The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature
Contains A-Z entries on selected writers, titles, literary movements and concepts.
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Selected anthologies
Ngā Tau Rere: an anthology of ancient Māori poetry chosen and translated by David Simmons (2003).
Whetu Moana : Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English
edited by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan (2003).
Beyond Ceremony: an anthology of drama from Fiji edited by Ian Gaskell (2001).
Te Torino: the spiral: Te Ao Marama - contemporary Maori writing vol 5 edited by Witi Ihimaera (1996).
Nuanua: Pacific writing in English since 1980 edited by Albert Wendt (1995).
Te Rau Maire: Poems and Stories of the Pacific edited by Marjorie Tuainekore Crocombe (1992).
Te Whakahuatanga o te ao: reflections of reality - Te Ao Marama vol 1 edited by Witi Ihimaera (1992).
Into the World of Light: an anthology of Maori Writing edited by Witi Ihimaera and D.S. Long (1982).
Lali: a Pacific anthology edited by Albert Wendt (1980).
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Selected books
Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature: circling the void by Paul Sharrad
The Culture Within: essays on Ihimaera, Grace, Hulme, Tuwhare by Judith Dell Panny
The Healing Tongue: themes in Contemporary Maori Literature by Peter Beatson
Post-colonial essays on South Pacific Literature by Patrick D. Morrow
Readings in Pacific Literature edited by Paul Sharrad
Silence and Invisibility: a study of the literatures of the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand by Norman Simms
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