THE BOOK OF NADATH
written by Robin Hyde, 1906-1939; edited by Michele Leggott, 1956- (Auckland, Auckland Region: Auckland University Press, 1999, originally published 1999), 134 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- The Book of Nadath is a long prose poem by well-known poet and novelist Robin Hyde which has remained unpublished for 60 years. Written in 1937, Hyde’s last year in New Zealand, it is a sounding device for all the concerns which mark The Godwits Fly, A Home in This World and Nor the Years Condemn. Among Hyde’s most brilliant works, it is a poem of exceptional lyric beauty and moving personal grief, and arguably the crowning achievement of her poetry. Nadath consists of 14 sections in which the central figure of a false prophet observes and is implicated in scenes ranging from the decolonising inheritance of New Zealand to the imminence of another war and possible conquest; but the moment of 1937 is its primary focus, the problem of how to articulate crisis – which writing voice best serves political and spiritual truth – is its enduring fascination. The publication of this poem, with the assistance of Leggott’s introduction and textual notes, will significantly shift our assessment of Hyde’s achievement.
- Field of Interest
- Literature
- Author
- Robin Hyde, 1906-1939
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 1999 by Auckland University Press
- Content Type
- Poetry
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Sub Genre
- Poetry
- Original Publication Date
- 1999
- Page Count
- 134
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Auckland, Auckland Region
- Subject
- Literature, Literature & Language, Poetry, Poesía, Poesia
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Poesía, Poesia