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Kōrero: Criticism and the arts

Allen Curnow on nationalism

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Allen Curnow's criticism is often characterised as nationalistic, but nationalism was a term about which he felt ambivalent, certainly in relation to his own poetry. In this film about his life and poetry, Early days yet (2001), he explains.

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Point of View Productions

Reference: Early days yet: a profile of the poet Allen Curnow. Director/producer: Shirley Horrocks. Auckland: Point of View Productions, 2001

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Rebecca Rice rāua ko Mark Williams, Criticism and the arts – The nationalism debate, 1930s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/42917/allen-curnow-on-nationalism (accessed 4 June 2026).

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