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Overview

A full chronological record of the poems of Robin Hyde, a New Zealand journalist, novelist, dramatist, and poet active in the 1930s, is presented in this book. The 300 poems chosen show Hyde’s growth as a poet and her response to the painful events of her personal life and to the political and social world around her. The poems are remarkable both for their acute observation of the physical and emotional world and for their powerful prophetic and visionary elements.

Author Biography

Robin Hyde, the pen name of Iris Wilkinson, was the author of The Desolate Star and Other Poems, Journalese, Wednesday's Children, Passport to Hell, and The Godwits Fly. Michele Leggott is a lecturer in the department of English at the University of Auckland. She is the author of As Far as I Can See.