Enough horizon
Subtitle: the life and work of Blanche Baughan
By: Carol Markwell
Publisher: The Cuba Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Wellington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781988595399
Subjects: New Zealand Poets; Biography; Travel writers
Description: "Blanche Edith Baughan (1870-1958) was one of New Zealand's first poets and travel writers - her poems were praised for their New Zealand vernacular and her travel writing introduced people here and overseas to our walks and wilderness areas. Born in England, Blanche emigrated to New Zealand in 1900, settling in Sumner and Banks Peninsula, where she embraced the freedom to write and think, and formed friendships with poets Jessie Mackay and Ursula Bethell. It was here that Blanche's interest in the environment and her advocacy for the vulnerable in society flourished. She became a botanist, conservationist and prison reformer, known for her fierce correspondence in defence of her causes"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: London; title: At Brighton; title: Royal Holloway College; title: Changes; title: Poetry; title: At sea and after; title: Chorlton; title: B.E.B., journalist; title: Live! Dare! Be alive!; title: Literary friendships; title: Clifton; title: Nature mystic; title: Vedanta; title: Prison and prisoners; title: Moving on; title: Akaroa: settling in; title: People in prison; title: Akaroa: Blam=nche and Ursula; title: 'A handsome woman with grey-white thick hair'; title: Two New Zealand roses; title: 'Using death for compost'; title: Afterword; title: Works by Blanche Baughan.