Nurse to the imagination : 50 years of the Robert Burns Fellowship /
Nurse to the imagination : 50 years of the Robert Burns Fellowship /
50 years of the Robert Burns Fellowship Fifty years of the Robert Burns Fellowship
edited by Lawrence Jones.
- 251 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The Burns fellowship 'To encourage and promote" -- The 1960s -- Ian Cross [1959] -- Maurice Duggan [1960] -- John Caselberg [1961] -- R.A.K Mason [1962] -- Maurice Shadbolt [1963] -- Maurice Gee [1964] -- Janet Frame [1965] -- James K. Baxter [1966-1967] -- Ruth Dallas [1968] -- Warren Dibble [1969] -- The 1970s -- Hone Tuwhare [1969, 1974] -- O.E. Middleton [1970] -- Noel Hilliard [1971] -- Ian Wedde [1972] -- Graham Billing [1973] -- Witi Ihimaera [1975] -- Sam Hunt [1976] -- Keri Hulme [1977] -- Roger Hall [1977-1978] -- Peter Olds [1978] -- Michael Noonan [1979] -- The 1980s -- Philip Temple [1980] -- Bill Sewell [1981-1982] -- Rawiri Paratene [1983] -- Brian Turner [1984] -- Cilla McQueen [1985-1986] -- Robert Lord [1987] -- John Dickson [1988] -- Renée [1989] -- The 1990s -- David Eggleton [1990] -- Lynley Hood [1991] -- Owen Marshall [1992] -- Stuart Hoar [1993] -- Christine Johnston [1994] -- Elspeth Sandys [1995] -- Bernadette Hall [1996] -- Paddy Richardson [1997] -- Michael King [1998-1999] -- Paula Boock [1999] -- The 2000s -- James Norcliffe [2000] -- Jo Randerson [2001] -- Alison Wong [2002] -- Nick Ascroft [2003] -- Sarah Quigley [2003] -- Kate Duignan [2004] -- Catherine Chidgey [2005-2006] -- Diane (Ruth) Pettis [2006] -- Laurence Fearnley [2007] -- Sue Wootton [2008] -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Illustration sources.
“Part of a university's proper business is to act as nurse to the arts, or, more exactly, to the imagination as it expresses itself in the arts and sciences. Imagination may flourish anywhere. But it should flourish as a matter of course in the university, for it is only through imaginative thinking that society grows, materially and intellectually” asserted Charles Brasch, one of the founders of the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. From iconic writers like Janet Frame, James K. Baxter and Owen Marshall to effervescent newcomers such as Jo Randerson, Alison Wong and Sue Wootton, Nurse to the Imagination celebrates 50 years of 'talent and towering hope' as the second Burns Fellow, Maurice Duggan, cheekily wrote in 1960 The late Reg Graham.s famous photographs signpost scholarly overviews of each fellow's career. But the primary delight lies in the excerpted works begun (and sometimes completed) during each fellow's tenure, works which have found their way into the heads and hearts of New Zealanders: Along Rideout Road that Summer, The Rainbirds, A Small Ode on Mixed Flatting, Rain, The Loners, My Father Today, Middle-Age Spread, Wrestling with the Angel... Lawrence Jones describes his book as 'a literary wine-tasting'. There are many colours, flavours, textures to be sampled.
187737265X 9781877372650
Robert Burns Fellowship--History.
University of Otago--Awards.
Authors, New Zealand--Awards.--20th century
Authors, New Zealand--Awards.--21st century
New Zealand literature--Awards.--20th century
New Zealand literature--Awards.--21st century
Literary prizes--New Zealand--Dunedin
New Zealand literature--20th century
New Zealand literature--21st century
Dunedin (N.Z.)--Intellectual life
PN171.P75
807.99392
Includes bibliographical references.
The Burns fellowship 'To encourage and promote" -- The 1960s -- Ian Cross [1959] -- Maurice Duggan [1960] -- John Caselberg [1961] -- R.A.K Mason [1962] -- Maurice Shadbolt [1963] -- Maurice Gee [1964] -- Janet Frame [1965] -- James K. Baxter [1966-1967] -- Ruth Dallas [1968] -- Warren Dibble [1969] -- The 1970s -- Hone Tuwhare [1969, 1974] -- O.E. Middleton [1970] -- Noel Hilliard [1971] -- Ian Wedde [1972] -- Graham Billing [1973] -- Witi Ihimaera [1975] -- Sam Hunt [1976] -- Keri Hulme [1977] -- Roger Hall [1977-1978] -- Peter Olds [1978] -- Michael Noonan [1979] -- The 1980s -- Philip Temple [1980] -- Bill Sewell [1981-1982] -- Rawiri Paratene [1983] -- Brian Turner [1984] -- Cilla McQueen [1985-1986] -- Robert Lord [1987] -- John Dickson [1988] -- Renée [1989] -- The 1990s -- David Eggleton [1990] -- Lynley Hood [1991] -- Owen Marshall [1992] -- Stuart Hoar [1993] -- Christine Johnston [1994] -- Elspeth Sandys [1995] -- Bernadette Hall [1996] -- Paddy Richardson [1997] -- Michael King [1998-1999] -- Paula Boock [1999] -- The 2000s -- James Norcliffe [2000] -- Jo Randerson [2001] -- Alison Wong [2002] -- Nick Ascroft [2003] -- Sarah Quigley [2003] -- Kate Duignan [2004] -- Catherine Chidgey [2005-2006] -- Diane (Ruth) Pettis [2006] -- Laurence Fearnley [2007] -- Sue Wootton [2008] -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Illustration sources.
“Part of a university's proper business is to act as nurse to the arts, or, more exactly, to the imagination as it expresses itself in the arts and sciences. Imagination may flourish anywhere. But it should flourish as a matter of course in the university, for it is only through imaginative thinking that society grows, materially and intellectually” asserted Charles Brasch, one of the founders of the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. From iconic writers like Janet Frame, James K. Baxter and Owen Marshall to effervescent newcomers such as Jo Randerson, Alison Wong and Sue Wootton, Nurse to the Imagination celebrates 50 years of 'talent and towering hope' as the second Burns Fellow, Maurice Duggan, cheekily wrote in 1960 The late Reg Graham.s famous photographs signpost scholarly overviews of each fellow's career. But the primary delight lies in the excerpted works begun (and sometimes completed) during each fellow's tenure, works which have found their way into the heads and hearts of New Zealanders: Along Rideout Road that Summer, The Rainbirds, A Small Ode on Mixed Flatting, Rain, The Loners, My Father Today, Middle-Age Spread, Wrestling with the Angel... Lawrence Jones describes his book as 'a literary wine-tasting'. There are many colours, flavours, textures to be sampled.
187737265X 9781877372650
Robert Burns Fellowship--History.
University of Otago--Awards.
Authors, New Zealand--Awards.--20th century
Authors, New Zealand--Awards.--21st century
New Zealand literature--Awards.--20th century
New Zealand literature--Awards.--21st century
Literary prizes--New Zealand--Dunedin
New Zealand literature--20th century
New Zealand literature--21st century
Dunedin (N.Z.)--Intellectual life
PN171.P75
807.99392