Selected writings
By: Blanche Baughan ; edited by Damian Love
Series: Erewhon classics
Publisher: Erewhon Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Wellington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780473309435
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Modern Poetry
Description: "Blanche Baughan (1870-1958) was the first woman to write significant poetry in New Zealand. Well-known favourites like 'The old place' appear here in a selection spanning most of her poetic career. Also represented are her short stories, her popular accounts of exploring New Zealand on foot and by sea, and her important work as an advocate of prison reform"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Poetry:; title: from Verses; title: from Reuben and other poems; title: from Shingle-short; title: Brown bread from a colonial oven:; title: Pipi on the prowl; title: Grandmother speaks; title: Aboard a coasting schooner; title: Café au lait; title: The old kitchen; title: Studies in New Zealand scenery:; title: from The finest walk in the world; title: from Uncanny country; title: from A river of pictures and peace; title: from Summit Road; title: People in prison:; title: Roderick Dhu; title: Cherry and Co.