Mapping The Godzone: A Primer On New Zealand Literature And Culture (latitude 20 Books)
by William John Schafer /
1998 / English / PDF
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This text grew out of the American author's attempts to focus his
impressions of New Zealand's literary culture and relate its mental
and moral landscape to that of the USA. Through an idiosyncratic
selection of contemporary novels and films, Schafer opens up a
complex and compelling world. The book explores the work of
internationally celebrated writers such as Witi Ihimaera, Fiona
Kidman, Ronald Morrison and Janet Frame, and the emerging New
Zealand film industry and the handful of directors such as Jane
Campion, Peter Jackson, Vincent Ward and Geoff Murphy, who have
created a vital cinema renaissance since the 1970s.
This text grew out of the American author's attempts to focus his
impressions of New Zealand's literary culture and relate its mental
and moral landscape to that of the USA. Through an idiosyncratic
selection of contemporary novels and films, Schafer opens up a
complex and compelling world. The book explores the work of
internationally celebrated writers such as Witi Ihimaera, Fiona
Kidman, Ronald Morrison and Janet Frame, and the emerging New
Zealand film industry and the handful of directors such as Jane
Campion, Peter Jackson, Vincent Ward and Geoff Murphy, who have
created a vital cinema renaissance since the 1970s.
