The Book of Nadath Paperback / softback
by Michele Leggott, Robin Hyde
Paperback / softback
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The Book of Nadath is a long prose poem by well-known poet and novelist Robin Hyde which has remained unpublished for 60 years.
Written in 1937, Hyde's last year in New Zealand, it is a sounding device for all the concerns which mark ""The Godwits Fly"", ""A Home in This World"" and ""Nor the Years Condemn"".
It is among Hyde's most brilliant works, a poem of exceptional lyric beauty and moving personal grief, and arguably the crowning achievement of her poetry.
It consists of 14 sections in which the central figure of a false prophet observes and is implicated in scenes ranging from the decolonizing inheritance of New Zealand to the imminence of another war and possible conquest; but the moment of 1937 is its primary focus, the problem of how to articulate crisis - which writing voice best serves political and spiritual truth -is its enduring fascination.
The publication of this poem, with the assistance of Leggott's introduction and textual notes, will significantly shift our assessment of Hyde's achievement.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:132 pages, 1 Illustrations
- Publisher:Auckland University Press
- Publication Date:01/12/1999
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- ISBN:9781869401917
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:132 pages, 1 Illustrations
- Publisher:Auckland University Press
- Publication Date:01/12/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9781869401917