Perpendicular Pronouns
HOUGH we are often warned against the use of the first person in writing there are times when it has a great, almost magical power. This, at any rate, is my own reaction to readings from Lady Barker’s Station Life in New Zealand just concluded at 3YC. Pippa Robbins seems to have a freshness, a
vigour and a cultivated voice well suited to the script. As I listened on several occasions it seemed hard to realise that the ink had long been dry on these entries, or that if one went for a short drive north, one could not pay this remarkable woman a visit. Yes, remarkable; attaching the reins securely to herself before fainting from the pain of broken bones, sleeping out to see the dawn, but above all being so interested in living that no event was dull, and no hardship too harsh on reflection to find its place in this stimulating diary.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19510601.2.19.6
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 622, 1 June 1951, Page 11
Word count
Tapeke kupu
157Perpendicular Pronouns New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 622, 1 June 1951, Page 11
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in