English Research
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An Edwardian's View of Dickens and His Illustrators
Gareth Cordery's book, An Edwardian's View of Dickens and His Illustrators: Harry Furniss's 'A Sketch of Boz,' has just been published by ELT Press in its British Authors Series. It is an edited and annotated transcription of Furniss's unpublished 1905 lecture on the main illustrators of Dickens's novels in the previous seventy years. The lecture was illustrated by 63 magic lantern slides and these are reproduced alongside the written text. The Introduction summarises Dickens's reputation in the early twentieth century, the cultural significance of the platform lecture, the changing style of illustration and caricature, and the commercial and ideological exploitation of Dickens at the turn of the century.
Bibliography of Maori Writing in English
In partnership with the Maori writers’ and artists’ organisation Te Ha, the English programme is undertaking the updating and digitalisation of Bridget Underhill’s 1998 doctoral thesis. This resource is expected to go online in 2007.
Marsden Fund
Dr. Annie Potts and Dr. Philip Armstrong have received a Marsden Fund grant for their project titled, "He Kararehe: The animal in culture in Aotearoa NZ."
James K.Baxter and Maoritanga
John Newton is in the third year of an audience-based research project on James K. Baxter and Maoritanga. He read a paper introducing the work at the Culture Incorporated conference in December 2003.
The Encyclopaedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Howard McNaughton is regional editor of this Routledge reference book, which includes contributions by several Canterbury English staff and postgraduates.
Selected Recent Publications
- John Newton, "The Death-Throes of Nationalism", review of C.K. Stead, Kin of Place, Jacket 22, May 2003
- John Newton, "'By Writing and Example': The Baxter Effect", Ka mate ka ora 1
- Mark Williams and Jane Stafford, "Fashioned Intimacies: Maoriland and Colonial Modernity"
- Erin Mackie, "Jamaica Ladies and Tropical Charms"
- John Newton, "Colonialism Above the Snowline: Baughan, Ruskin, and the South Island Myth"
- Huw Griffiths, 'The Geographies of Shakepeare's Cymbeline'. English Literary Renaissance. 34.3 (Autumn 2004) 359-86. (PDF, 340KB)
- Patrick Evans, "Whipping up a local culture: Masochism and the cultural nationalists"
- Patrick Evans, "Spectacular Babies: the Globalisation of New Zealand Fiction"
- Patrick Evans, "Dr. Clutha’s Book of the World: Janet Paterson Frame, 1924-2004"
- Patrick Evans, "'No earth tones': Origins and Literary History"
- Philip Armstrong, "The Postcolonial Animal". Society and Animals 10.4 (2002): 413-19.
- Philip Armstrong, "Oceangoing Craft: The Writing of Contemporary Polynesia". Landfall 206 (2003): 64-80.
- Philip Armstrong, "Moby-Dick and Compassion". Society and Animals 12.1 (2004): 19-38.
Full lists of staff publications can be found on individual staff webpages on our People page.