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Kōrero: Criticism and the arts

Assessing New Zealand literature

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Assessing New Zealand literature

Essays in New Zealand literature, edited by Wystan Curnow in 1973, included his influential article 'High culture in a small province'. In this he attacked the prevalence of the middle-brow in New Zealand writing.

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Reference: Wystan Curnow ed, Essays on New Zealand literature. Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books, 1973

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Rebecca Rice rāua ko Mark Williams, Criticism and the arts – Critical approaches, 1930s to 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/42926/assessing-new-zealand-literature (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rebecca Rice rāua ko Mark Williams, i tāngia i te 2 October 2013.