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Old New Zealand and Other Writings by F E Maning; Alex Calder (ed.)
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: Literature of Travel, Exploration & Empire S. | Reading Level: very good
In this work, a "pakeha Maori" trader looks back to "the good old times before Governors were invented, and law, and justice, and all that". It is a construction of Maori life and customs, most notibly of "tapu" (taboo). There is also a selection of Maning's unpublished letters.
The Settler's Plot - How Stories Take Place in New Zealand by Alex Calder
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
The Settler's Plot is a fresh and engaging study of the relationship between literature and place in New Zealand. Drawing on an engrossing selection of documentary and literary sources, Alex Calder explores the places our writers have turned to most often - the beach, the farm, the bush, the suburb and ...Show more
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