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About this book/synopsis: This volume includes short stories, novellas and extracts from the work of many of the finest women novelists and short story writers of this century [20th Century]. The 20th century saw some of the best of female fiction from authors such as Virginia Woolf, Colette, Margaret Atwood, Jean Rhys, Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bowen, and many more. These extracts and stories, arranged alphabetically, span the century and introduce writing from many different generations and perspectives, reflecting years of extraordinary change in the lives of women. Both volumes conclude with brief biographies of the authors, and the whole anthology is edited by Judy Cooke, formerly editor of Fiction Magazine Contents of Volume 1: |
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About this book: This book about twenty 19th Century New Zealand writers presents in human terms what it meant to be a writer in a strange new land. Unexpected people took to the pen; travellers recorded their adventures; soldiers, judges, civil servants burst into print; poets blossomed. While the book required considerable research; it aims to take these talented, entertaining and courageous characters out of the exclusive possession of the scholars by recreating them as ordinary people excited by their experiences and surprised to find themselves making history. As the author says, 'I hope to have captured something of the reality of the lives lived and to create a sense of this country as one inhabited by writers.' An engaging and unusual book, Writers in Residence shows writing as a way in which a new place is explored and understood. The author, from a trip to the Dublin Writers Museum, came to understand and be enlightened by how figures such as Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Brendan Behan, Samuel Beckett, G. B. Shaw, and W. B. Yeats contributed to Irish literature - they lived, loved and wrote in Ireland - they were shaped by it and in consequence also shaped it. Jenny Robin Jones understood them from that in a different way - she understood the connection between these writers and Ireland itself. This led to the writing and publication of this book on New Zealand because history offers two main routes to understanding ourselves better - firstly, the opportunity to learn from the past; and secondly, to give us psychological grounding. We find out where we came from, how we got here and what has given our society its unique character It gives us context, richness, depth, continuity and perspective. Books about New Zealand's early literature were mostly (prior to this book) focused on aspects of the writing itself, such as: Most of the writers in this book were not writers before they came to New Zealand: the majority were young, single, trained in a trade or profession, and in some sense looking for new territory and adventure. They often did not take to writing until some circumstance within their life in New Zealand suggested it; and adoption of their new country took place by stealth. There was the inevitable hunter of good fortune - in search of a quick buck and a return home loaded with wealth, such as Samuel Butler, who doubled his money and headed home. Some made their fortunes and stayed because New Zealand had become their home. Contents: |
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