Since the 1970s a new breed of artist has appeared, telling the stories of Oceania from the inside. Albert Wendt is a leading writer and exponent of Pacific literature. His work is consistently different in style, politically challenging, and ranges across essays, plays, poems, stories and novels, two of which have been filmed. This text places Arnold Wendt's work in cultural and historical context, tracing archival sources of themes and key influences, and offers close readings of all the major texts. There is an ...
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Since the 1970s a new breed of artist has appeared, telling the stories of Oceania from the inside. Albert Wendt is a leading writer and exponent of Pacific literature. His work is consistently different in style, politically challenging, and ranges across essays, plays, poems, stories and novels, two of which have been filmed. This text places Arnold Wendt's work in cultural and historical context, tracing archival sources of themes and key influences, and offers close readings of all the major texts. There is an introduction to Pacific literature as a whole and Wendt's Samoan background. Chapters offer readings of all Wendt's major texts in chronological sequence, relating them to his essays, to literary movements of the time and to key motifs from Polynesian culture. Pacific literature is now being taught in Australia, the US, New Zealand, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the Pacific Islands. This book, a much-needed addition to the critical resources in this growing field, should prove a useful aid to students of both Pacific writing and postcolonial studies in general, from the level of high school through to teaching and research.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 9780719059421.
Add this copy of Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature: Circling the Void to cart. $74.20, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Manchester University Press.
