Ursula Bethell Collected Poems
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
Publishing Details
Ursula Bethell Collected Poems
By (Author) Ursula Bethell
Edited by Vincent O'Sullivan
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Victoria University Press
12th August 2021
2nd edition
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
821.91408
Physical Properties
Paperback
Width 138mm, Height 210mm
Description
First published by Oxford University Press in 1985 and reissued with corrections and a new introduction by VUP in 1997, this is the definitive collection of the poems of Ursula Bethell. Ursula Bethell stands with R.A.K. Mason at the beginnings of modern poetry in New Zealand. Born in England, she grew up in New Zealand but did not live there until the 1920s when she came back finally to Christchurch. There she established a garden and began, at the age of fifty, to write poetry. New Zealand wasnt truly discovered, said DArcy Cresswell, until Ursula Bethell, very earnestly digging, raised her head to look at the mountains.
Author Bio
Ursula Bethell stands with R.A.K. Mason at the beginnings of modern poetry in New Zealand. Born in England, she grew up in New Zealand but did not live there until the 1920s when she came back finally to Christchurch. There she established a garden and began, at the age of fifty, to write poetry. New Zealand wasnt truly discovered, said DArcy Cresswell, until Ursula Bethell, very earnestly digging, raised her head to look at the mountains.
