This book is the first study of writers who are both Victorian and indigenous, who have been educated in and write in terms of Victorian literary conventions, but whose indigenous affiliation is part of their literary personae and subject matter.
Jane Stafford is Professor in the English Programme of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is the co-author of Maoriland: New Zealand Literature, 1872-1914 (2006), the co-editor of The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature (2012), and the co-editor of volume 9 of The Oxford History of the Novel, The World Novel to 1950 (2016).
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1. Introduction: ‘I adopt the language of the poet’.- 2. Littleness, Frivolity, and Vedic Simplicity: Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, and Mr Gosse.- 3. ‘Constant reading after office hours’: Sol Plaatje and Literary Belonging.- 4. ‘The genuine stamp of truth and nature’: voicing The History of Mary Prince.- 5. ‘Culture’s artificial note’: E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake, and her Audiences.- 6. ‘Pressed down by the great words of others’: Wiremu Te Rangikaheke and Apirana Ngata.- 7. Conclusion: Secret Fountains and Authentic Utterance.- Bibliography.- Index.-