Alfred Grace, 1867–1942

Authors

  • John O’Leary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/knznq.v7i2.667

Abstract

Though a minor figure on the New Zealand literary scene, Alfred Grace is not without interest. His short stories, sketches and novellas, conventional but deftly written, reveal much about turn-of-the-century colonial attitudes, especially as these related to Māori.

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Author Biography

John O’Leary

References

Pearson, Bill. ‘Attitudes to Maori in Some Pakeha Fiction’. Fretful Sleepers and Other Essays. Auckland: Heinemann, 1974, pp. 49-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/40130077

Stafford, Jane and Mark Williams. Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872-1914. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2006, pp. 110-141.

Wattie, Nelson. ‘Grace, A. A.’ Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Eds. Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195583489.001.0001 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195583489.001.0001

Wattie, Nelson. ‘Grace, Alfred’. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 3. Ed. W. H. Oliver. Wellington: Allen & Unwin, 1990, pp.183-4.

Wevers, Lydia. ‘The Short Story,’ Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English, rev. ed. Ed. Terry Sturm. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 250-251; 275-276.

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Published

2008-06-07