Background
Stead, Christian Karlson was born on October 17, 1932 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of James Walter Ambrose and Olive Ethel (Karlson) Stead.
(The narrator of this novel once watched the white ships s...)
The narrator of this novel once watched the white ships sail past Rangitoto Island and dreamed of a future beyond New Zealand. Now he wants only to recapture the past.
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This is the story of a girl who ran away from New Zealand to Hollywood, her affair with a producer, her marriage and her rise to power. C.K.Stead won the 1985 New Zealand Book Award for All Visitors Ashore. He also wrote The Death of the Body, Smith's Dream and Five for the Symbol.
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( A collection of 47 essays, lectures, reviews and articl...)
A collection of 47 essays, lectures, reviews and articles covering a wide variety of topics, ranging from Yeats and Katherine Mansfield to Booker Prizewinners Peter Carey and Keri Hulme.
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'A short but brilliant history. Essential to anyone interested in the development of modern poetry.' The GuardianA standard survey of modern English poetry from the new tradition established by Yeats in the 1890s through to Eliot, including a reassessment of the Georgians and the influence of Pound.
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('A short but brilliant history. Essential to anyone inter...)
'A short but brilliant history. Essential to anyone interested in the development of modern poetry.' The GuardianA standard survey of modern English poetry from the new tradition established by Yeats in the 1890s through to Eliot, including a reassessment of the Georgians and the influence of Pound.
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Stead, Christian Karlson was born on October 17, 1932 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of James Walter Ambrose and Olive Ethel (Karlson) Stead.
Bachelor, Auckland University College, 1954. Master of Arts, Auckland University College, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Bristol, England, 1961.
Doctor of Letters, University Auckland, 1982.
Senior lecturer in England University Auckland, 1960-1963, associate professor, 1964-1967, professor of England, 1968-1986, professor Emeritus, since 1986. Visiting fellow University College, London, 1977, St. John's College, Oxford, England, since 1996. Member international advisory board Cumberland Poetry Review, Malahat Review, Journal Literature Criticism, Yeats Annual.
( A collection of 47 essays, lectures, reviews and articl...)
(This is the story of a girl who ran away from New Zealand...)
(The narrator of this novel once watched the white ships s...)
('A short but brilliant history. Essential to anyone inter...)
('A short but brilliant history. Essential to anyone inter...)
Active New Zealand Literature Fund (chairman advisory committee, 1972-1975, writer's representative, 1982-1985). Member New Zealand P.E.N. (chairman).
Married Kathleen Elizabeth Roberts, January 8, 1955. Children: Oliver William, Charlotte Mary, Margaret Hermione.