Published by Oxford University Press, 1981.

A series of critical studies of some of the more significant poets and prose-writers of New Zelaand in the twentieth century, designed to give a reliable account of their work, and a fresh assessment of their place in a rapidly developing literature. Each essay is accompained by a bibliography and a selective list of published criticsim. The authors have been chosen for their close konwledge of their subjects, and their ability to interest and inform both the general reader and the serious student of New Zealand writing.