Quarrels with himself : essays on James K. Baxter as prose writer /
"A dozen essays that uncover how much more complicated Baxter is than his popular stereotype, and how his prose writing (like his poetry) wrestles with contradictions, anxieties and competing impulses just as he wrestled with the society in which he lived, or from which he withdrew"--Back...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wellington [New Zealand] :
Victoria University Press,
2017.
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| Summary: | "A dozen essays that uncover how much more complicated Baxter is than his popular stereotype, and how his prose writing (like his poetry) wrestles with contradictions, anxieties and competing impulses just as he wrestled with the society in which he lived, or from which he withdrew"--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 319 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781776561711 1776561716 |