| Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature: Circling the Void Contributor(s): Sharrad, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719059429 ISBN-13: 9780719059421 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $75.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2003 Annotation: Albert Wendt is the leading writer and exponent of Pacific literature. His work is consistently different in style, politically challenging, and ranges across essays, plays, poems, stories and novels, two of which have been filmed. This book is the first full-length study of his work. There is an introduction to Pacific literature as a whole and Wendt's Samoan background. Chapters offer readings of all Wendt's major texts in chronological sequence, relating them to his essays, to literary movements of the time and to key motifs from Polynesian culture. There is an extensive bibliography of works by and about Wendt. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| LCCN: 2003056174 |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6.26" W x 9.68" (1.38 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Oceania |