Colonial Literature and the Native Author

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).

• 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.-