Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; "Gold and Quick Silver in the Hollows"; "Exegesis to His Cryptic Utterance"; "You Don't Really Believe in Categories Like That, Do You?"; "It's High and Holy Work"; "There's No Distinction Between Fact and Fiction in the Land of Living Death"; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
This retrospective study examines short fiction in the context of stylistic tradition in New Zealand's literary history. By exploring the extent to which the major exponents of twentieth-century short fiction extend the traditions of realism and impressionism as initiated by Katherine Mansfield and Frank Sargeson, this study embraces the stylistic diversity of twentieth-century New Zealand short fiction in both Pakeha and Maori traditions
