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Recent criticism: New Zealand as 'Maoriland' (2nd of 2)

Recent criticism: New Zealand as 'Maoriland'

In Maoriland: New Zealand literature, 1872–1914 (2006) Victoria University academics Jane Stafford and Mark Williams undertook a ground-breaking reassessment of a period of New Zealand literature that many critics had dismissed as containing little of worth.

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Reference: Jane Stafford and Mark Williams, Maoriland: New Zealand literature, 1872-1914. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2006

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Rebecca Rice and Mark Williams, 'Criticism and the arts - Critical approaches, 1980s onwards', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/object/42939/recent-criticism-new-zealand-as-maoriland (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Rebecca Rice and Mark Williams, published 22 Oct 2014