Country of writing : travel writing and New Zealand, 1809-1900 / Lydia Wevers.
Country of writing : travel writing and New Zealand, 1809-1900 / Lydia Wevers.
Country of writing : travel writing and New Zealand, 1809-1900 / Lydia Wevers.
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Publisher
Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
Call Numbers
919.304/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
vi, 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Captain Ceroni's watch -- 2. Adventures of the printer -- 3. Swells' sons run out: the travel writing of rovers, ramblers and adventurers -- 4. Travel with interest -- 5. Empire travellers, 1: writers who travel -- 6. Empire travellers, 2: travellers who write -- 7. The business of travel -- 8. E...
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Publisher
Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2002.
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
"Country of Writing examines the vast literature of travel that brought New Zealand into the newsstands, libraries and smoking rooms of Europe, and connected the new colony to the interests of empire. By the time Anthony Trollope arrived in Orago in 1872 more than 400 books had been written about New Zealand. This original book shows how the cultur...
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Country of writing : travel writing and New Zealand, 1809-1900 / Lydia Wevers.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-230) and index.
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919.304/5
Record Identifier
74VKqoq3QZ8Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqoq3QZ8Z
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ISBN
1869402715 (pbk.)
9781869402716 (pbk.)
DDC
919.304
MMS ID
991020334019702626
