Allen Curnow
New Zealand poet considered the greatest in New Zealand's literary history. His verse engages with New Zealand's remote Pacific identity and the country's relation to its colonial past.
Works
- Valley of DecisionEarly New Zealand poems exploring choice and historical moment
- At Dead Low WaterCollection examining landscape, time, and New Zealand identity
- Poems 1949-57Post-war poems establishing Curnow's mature voice
- Trees Effigies Moving ObjectsPoems using objects as metaphors for perception and existence
- ContinuumLater work exploring continuity, consciousness, and temporal flow