Fretful sleepers and other essays
By: Bill Pearson.
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Published: 1974
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: New Zealand literature -- History and criticism; Maori literature -- History and criticism; New Zealand -- Social life and customs
Table of contents: title: Fretful sleepers.; title: Colonial "county".; title: John Guthrie.; title: A self-exacting writer.; title: Attitudes to the Maori in some Pakeha fiction.; title: O. E. Middleton's stories.; title: A mixed performance.; title: M. K. Joseph's war novel.; title: An American looks at New Zealand.; title: A parable of exploitation.; title: Under pressure to integrate.; title: Frank Sargeson's stories.; title: The recognition of reality.; title: The reluctant bushman.; title: Recent Maori writers.; title: Home.; title: Two tributes.