Contemporary New Zealand Poets in Performance - Couverture souple

Ross, Jack; Kemp, Jan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1869403959 ISBN 13 : 9781869403959

Editeur : Auckland University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Contemporary New Zealand Poets in Performance collects the work of 27 poets who came of age during the 1960s and 1970s, stamping their mark irrevocably on the New Zealand poetic scene and introducing new forms, new language and new freedoms. We hear the instantly recognisable, laconic but swaggering voice of Sam Hunt as he performs one of his 'road songs'; the understated reading of Bill Manhire; the plain-spoken storytelling of Keri Hulme; and the quiet humour of Cilla McQueen - lively, entertaining and moving work from some of New Zealand's best-loved poets. Contemporary New Zealand Poets in Performance is a follow-up and companion to last year's bestselling Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance. Once again, Jack Ross and Jan Kemp have selected and presented on two CDs material from the Waiata Recordings Archive, collected in 1974 and the Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive, completed in 2004. There are more than two hours of poets reading their own work and the accompanying book prints the texts of the poems as they have been read. Selected bibliographies and short biographies for each poet are also included, as well as an appendix of variant readings. As Kemp and Ross write in their introduction, 'these recordings serve to remind us that we are not always a silent people'. Their diverse voices are a treasure.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jack Ross is a poet, editor, and comparative literature scholar whose articles, reviews and interviews have been widely published. He is the author of eight books. He lives in New Zealand. Jan Kemp is a poet and short story writer who assisted with the selection of poets in the multi-media work Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance. She has published short fiction in journals and anthologies. She divides her time between Germany and New Zealand.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Auckland University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1869403959
• ISBN 13: 9781869403959
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible