Colonial Literature and the Native Author Indigeneity and Empire

This book is the first study of writers who are both Victorian and indigenous, who have been educated in and write in terms of Victorian literary conventions, but whose indigenous affiliation is part of their literary personae and subject matter. Wha

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Jane Stafford

Colonial Literature and the Native Author Indigeneity and Empire

Jane Stafford School of English, Film, Theatre and Med Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand

ISBN 978-3-319-38766-6 ISBN 978-3-319-38767-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-38767-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016949047 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am grateful for support from a Canadian Government Faculty Award, the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand, the Victoria University of Wellington Research Fund, and the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Science Research Fund. Victoria University’s English Programme and the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies provided knowledgeable and generous audiences at various stages of this project. The resources of the Alexander Turnbull Library, the British Library, Victoria University Library and J.C. Beaglehole Room, McMaster University Library’s William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, the National Library of New Zealand/ Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Toronto University Libraries, and the University of British Columbia Library have all been essential to my work. I have benefited from advice and help from Tony Ballantyne, Alex Calder, Ralph Crane, Nikki Hessell, Alan Lester, Dougal McNeill, Meenakshi Mukherjee, Stuart Murray, John O’Leary, Olivia Tweedie, Lydia Wevers, and Mark Williams. Early versions of parts of chapters 2 and 6 appear in Empire Calling: Administering Australasia and India, eds. Ralph Crane, Anna Johnston, and C. Vijayasree (New Delhi: Cambridge University Press India, 2013); Moving Worlds