No fretful sleeper : a life of Bill Pearson / Paul Millar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millar, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pearson, Bill, 1922-2002.

Pearson, Bill.

Authors, New Zealand--20th century--Biography.

Authors, New Zealand.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Auckland, NZ : Auckland University Press, 2010.

Contents:

1. A pattern of mysterious events and places

2. A strange tribe: family life in Greymouth, 1913-1929

3. A good boy: primary school years, 1929-1933

4. A solitary boy: high school, 1934-1936

5. Toeing the line: Greymouth, 1936-1937

6. Three things happened: Greymouth, 1938

7. A farewell to childhood: Christchurch, 1939

8. Teachers' training college: Dunedin, 1940-1941

9. A lasting impression: Blackball, 1942

10. A chance to get his bearings: New Zealand and Fiji, 1942-1945

11. No more illusions: Egypt and Italy, 1945-1946

12. Living down his past: Japan and New Zealand, 1946-1947

13. A changed man to a changed New Zealand: Christchurch, 1947-1948

14. In two minds: Oxford, 1949

15. A good deal of variety: London activities, 1949-1954

16. Freedom from all the Kiwi obsessions: critical writing and New Zealand friends, 1949-1954

17. A labour of love: writing Coal flat in London, 1950-1954

18. A demoralising job: The University of Auckland English department, I954-I963

19. Left-wingers and communists: politics, culture and family, 1954-1963

20. A tremendous relief: The Auckland University Māori Club, 1956-1963

21. A Kind of amputation: publishing Coal flat, 1954-1963

22. A great packet of love: Frank Sargeson and London leave, 1963-1965

23. A rock against which I could sometimes Ggsh myself: Auckland and Canberra, 1965-1970

24. Wearing half his heart on his sleeve: 1970-1982

25. Sleep easy, bill, from this retiring day: 1982-2003.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-366) and index.

ISBN:

9781869404192

186940419X

OCLC:

635024036

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