THE BOOK OF NADATH

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The Book of Nadath is a long prose poem by well-known poet and novelist Robin Hyde which has remained unpublished for 60 years.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

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