Ellen Margaret (Nelle) Scanlan, 1882–1968

Authors

  • Kirstine Moffat

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/knznq.v7i1.775

Abstract

Nelle Scanlan was the most popular New Zealand novelist of the 1930s and 1940s, particularly important for her pivotal role in creating a New Zealand market and readership for New Zealand fiction. Her Pencarrow novels were the first bestsellers written by a New Zealander, with a New Zealand setting, and appealing to the local market.

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Author Biography

Kirstine Moffat

References

Deegan, Claire Louise. ‘The Representation of the Roles of Women in the Fiction and Journalism of Nelle Margaret Scanlan.’ MA thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, 2006. https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/25387

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Published

2007-06-08