Title The circle & the spiral : a study of Australian Aboriginal and New Zealand Māori literature / Eva Rask Knudsen

Published Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2004

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Description xiv, 360 pages ; 24 cm Series Cross/cultures : readings in the post/colonial literatures in English, 0924-1426 ; 68 Cross/cultures ; 68 Contents Introduction: A Declaration of Intent at the Border of Contested Terrain -- 1. Beginnings: Circles and Spirals -- 2. Death of the Author - Rebirth of the Storyteller -- 3. Exile and Return - From the Landscapes of Unbelonging: The Social Realism of the Aboriginal and the Maori Fringe -- 4. The Void as Creative Metaphor: The Bone People by Keri Hulme -- 5. The Community as Protagonist: Potiki by Patricia Grace -- 6. The Land as Text - The Text as Land: Master of the Ghost Dreaming by Mudrooroo -- 7. Writing the Circle - The Politics of the Sacred Site: The Kadaitcha Sung by Sam Watson -- 8. Endings - or Beginnings Summary Annotation pending Notes Revised dissertation Revised dissertation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-360) Subject Aboriginal Australians in literature. Australian literature -- Aboriginal authors -- History and criticism Maori (New Zealand people) in literature. New Zealand literature -- History and criticism. Aboriginal Australian literature -- History and criticism. Maori literature -- History and criticism. English literature -- Maori authors. New Zealand literature -- 20th century. Australian literature -- 20th century. Australian literature -- Aboriginal Australian authors. LC no. 00002533 ISBN 9042010584 9042010487 paperback

Other Titles Circle and the spiral Australian Aboriginal and New Zealand Maori literature

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