Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature

Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 0719059429
ISBN-13 : 9780719059421
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Book Synopsis Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature by : Paul Sharrad

Download or read book Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature written by Paul Sharrad and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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