Course Material
Most items in the Short Loan Collection are set texts for course reading.

Click on the pull down arrow next to the Course search box and highlight the course name, ENGLISH 221 or ENGLISH 355. Click search.

Full-Text Articles
These items are full-text e-resources in the Short Loan Collection. You must be logged on with NetID and password to gain access.

During, Simon. "Toward a revision of local critical habits." And 1 (1983): 75-92.

Jensen, Kai. "Holes, wholeness and holiness in Frank Sargeson's writing." Landfall 173 (1990): 32-44.

Pearson, Bill. "Frank Sargeson's stories." Pearson, Bill. Fretful sleepers and other essays. Auckland: Heinemann Education Books, 1974.

Voyager Searches  
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The following searches are Subject Heading searches.

new zealand literature 20th century history and criticism new zealand literature 19th century history and criticism new zealand fiction 20th century history and criticism new zealand fiction 19th century history and criticism commonwealth literature english history and criticism decolonization in literature postcolonialism in literature commonwealth countries in literature postcolonialism postcolonialism commonwealth countries nationalism new zealand maori new zealand people in literature maori new zealand people european influences national characteristics new zealand

Click on the of the Voyager catalogue record of books published in 2001 onwards. Where possible, a Table of Contents and chapter headings is shown.

Author's names may be used as SUBJECT HEADING searches to find books about them and their work:

sargeson frank frame janet gee maurice hyde robin ihimaera witi maning frederick edward mansfield katherine mason bruce ihimaera witi stead c k curnow allen

Choose the subdivision 'criticism and interpretation' For authors who are less established and may not be the subject of complete book-length studies, use one of the databases or internet sites below to find chapters in books, or journal articles.

Reference Books
For more information about reference books, and a more extensive list, see Reference Resources for English

Serafin, Steven R., and Valerie Grosvenor Myer, eds. The Continuum encyclopedia of British literature. New York: Continuum, 2003.

Benson, Eugene, and Leonard Connolly, eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. 2nd ed. 3 vols. London: Routledge, 2005.

Robinson, Roger, and Nelson Wattie, eds. The Oxford companion to New Zealand literature. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Sturm, Terry, ed. The Oxford history of New Zealand literature in English. 2nd ed. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Bibliographies
Bibliographies list references to books and serial articles. See an explanation of how they work. All references must be checked on Voyager. Enter the title of the book or the title of the serial to see if the Library has it.

Simms, Norman Toby. Writers from the South Pacific : a bio-bibliographic critical encyclopedia. Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press, 1991. 

Williams, Mark. Post-colonial literatures in English : Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, 1970-1992. New York : G.K. Hall, 1996.

Database Searches  
For help with using databases, please contact the Subject Librarian

Literature Online - type an author's name in  the QUICK SEARCH box to retrieve a summary of all the material available within the database. You may find primary material [poetry], secondary material [criticism] some of which will be full text, reference sources [full text], and book reviews. For bibliographic references use the symbol to search Voyager. Links to full-text may be provided through the Voyager catalogue record. 

New Zealand Literature File - provides references to selected New Zealand and Pacific writers. Includes book reviews.

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - for information on several of the authors studied on this course.

 Internet Resources
Below is a selection of internet sites as examples of the resources available on New Zealand writers

NZETC - F. E. Maning

National Library of New Zealand - Katherine Mansfield collections.

NZETC - Robin Hyde's journalism.

New Zealand Book Council - Witi Ihimaera. Many other writers on this course are included in this website.

The Literary Encyclopedia - Maurice Gee. Search this resource for other authors.

Frank Sargeson cottage - from the New Zealand Book Council website.

Allen Curnow in the Poetry Archive.

Playmarket - Bruce Mason

Wairoa by Hone Kouka - a discussion of a performance undertaken by a year 13 drama class.

An interview with C. K. Stead in the Guardian newspaper.

Janet Frame Literary Trust website.