Hone Tuwhare: At the Interface of Poetic Traditions

Authors

  • Anne Collett, University of Wollongong, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v6i2.258

Abstract

Hone Tuwhare was a poet of wide popular appeal and generally beloved of New Zealanders, Maori and Pakeha alike. His poetry combined Maori and English poetic traditions, and gave voice to many of the popular protest moments of the 20th century. Yet his poetry is no longer available in bookshops and most volumes of his poetry are out of print. The essay examines this apparent anomaly, and considers the impact of the rise and fall of print culture on oral poetic traditions.

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Author Biography

Anne Collett, University of Wollongong, Australia

Anne Collett is an Associate Professor in the English Literatures Program at the University of Wollongong, Australia, and the editor of Kunapipi: Journal of Postcolonial Writing & Culture. She has published widely in the area of postcolonial literatures, with a particular focus on women’s writing and poetry. Most recently her essays have appeared in Australian Literary Studies, Life Writing, Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures (Routledge, 2011) and The Unsociable Sociability of Women’s Lifewriting (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).  

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Published

2012-12-15

How to Cite

Collett, University of Wollongong, Australia, A. (2012). Hone Tuwhare: At the Interface of Poetic Traditions. Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 6(2), 45–56. https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v6i2.258

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2012): December

Section

Articles on Asia Pacific Poetry

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