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R.A.K. Mason


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Anthology
Collected Poems. Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1962. Voyager link
Zealandia July 26 (1962): 15-15.
Weekly News August 1 (1962): 36-36.
TLS (Times Literary Supplement) January 4 (1963): 10-10.
Listener 47.1199; September 7 (1962): 35-35.
NZ Tablet September 19 (1962): 20-20.
NZ Monthly Review 3.27; Sept (1962): 20-21.
Comment 16; July (1963): 34-34.
Education 12.6; July (1963): 16-16.
Landfall 17; Sept (1963): 286-290.
New Zealand Poetry Yearbook 11; (1964): 15-15.
Art & Community 8.4; April (1972): 14-15.
Listener 70.1700; June 5 (1972): 48-48.
Evening Post October 19 (1990): 7-7.
New Zealand Herald November 3 (1990): 6-6.
Otago Daily Times December 19 (1990): 29-29.
Listener 129.2659; March 11 (1991): 59-60.
Four Short Stories, 1931 - 35. Auckland: Holloway Press, 2003. Voyager link
New Zealand Books 15.1; Mar (2005): 6-6.
No New Thing : Poems 1924-1929. Auckland: Spearhead Publishers, 1934. Voyager link
"Some books from N.Z." Folios of New Writing 4; Autumn (1941): 55-55.
This Dark Will Lighten : Selected Poems, 1923-1941. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1941. Voyager link
Listener 131; December 26 (1941): 16-16.
"Letter to the editor: Mr. Masons poems." NZ Listener January 9 (1942): 4-4.
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Biography
Poet triumphant: the life and writings of R.A.K. Mason (1905-1971). Wellington, Steele Roberts 2004.
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Criticism
R. A. K. Mason on Rex Fairburn. Auckland, 1957.
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Drama
China Dances : script by R. A. K. Mason for a dance-drama by Margaret Barr, and other verses. Dunedin, John McIndoe 1962.
Strait is the Gate. UNPUBLISHED 1962.
Act 4.10; Dec (1979): 81-81.
To save democracy : play. 1938.
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Non Fiction
Congress News. 1950. Voyager link
Frontier Forsaken : an Outline History of the Cook Islands. Auckland: Challenge Journal, 1947. Voyager link
Southern Cross Oct (1947): 10-10.
New Zealand Womans Weekly 8.19; November 19 (1947): 10-10.
John A. Lees Weekly 8.19; November 19 (1947): 10-10.
Help Russia or - Help Hitler. Auckland: Gem Press for the Aid to Russia Committee, 1941. Voyager link
"Mr Kerridge tries culture." Landfall 2.1; Mar (1948): 34-38. Voyager link
R. A. K. Mason at twenty-five : the text of an extended diary-style letter written in the month of the poets birthday, January 1930. Christchurch: Nags Head Press, 1986. Voyager link
Landfall 41.3; Sept (1987): 366-368.
Rex Fairburn. Dunedin: University of Otago, 1962. Voyager link
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Other
Challenge. 1958.
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Poetry
End of Day. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1936.
Tomorrow 4; June 22 (1938): 538-539.
Recent Poems. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1941.
New Triad 12.2; May/June (1941): 19-19.
Listener 110.5; August 1 (1941): 15-15.
Poetry Chicago 6.59; Mar (1942): 343-343.
The Beggar and Other Poems. Auckland, Whitcombe & Tombs 1929.
New Zealand artists annual (1929): 69-69.
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Short Story
"His end was peace." Phoenix 1.2; July (1932): 5-16.
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Sound Recording
R.A.K. Mason on Rex Fairburn. 1957.
Squire Speaks. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1938.
 

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Anthology
Jones, Lawrence. Nurse to the imagination: 50 years of the Robbie Burns Fellowship. University of Otago Press, Dunedin, 2008.
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Article
Bertram, James. "Reviews - University poetry 1931." Phoenix 1.1; Mar (1932).
Stead, C.K. "R. A .K. Mason's poetry - some random observations." Comment 4.4; July (1963): 34-39.
Middleton, O.E. "R. A. K. Mason at the Globe." Islands 8; April (1979): 138-142.
Harley, R. "R. A. K. Mason: poetry and politics." Islands 8; June (1980): 142-164.
Manhire, Bill. "Endings." Quote Unquote 2; July (1993): 7-7.
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Biography
Doyle, Charles. R. A. K. Mason. Twayne, New York, 1970.
Bertram, James. New Zealand poets in retrospect. Radio New Zealand, Wellington, 1986.
Caselberg, John. Poet triumphant: the life and writings of R.A.K. Mason (1905-1971). Steele Roberts, Wellington, 2004.
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Criticism
Anderson, Douglas M. "Mr Holcrofts Islands." Landfall 21; Mar (1952): 5-20.
Campbell, Alistair. "Glover and Georgianism." Comment 21; Oct/Nov (1964): 23-33.
Sturm, Terry. "New Zealand poetry and the Depression." Journal of Commonwealth Literature 2; Dec (1966): 124-137.
Stead, C.K. In the Glass Case: Essays on New Zealand Literature. Auckland University Press : Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1982.
Bertram, James. New Zealand poets in retrospect: eight New Zealand poets, no longer living, are placed in social and poetic context. Replay Radio, Wellington, 1986.
Manhire, Bill. "Breaking the line: a view of American and New Zealand poetry." Islands 3.2; Dec (1987): 142-154.
Stead, C.K. Kin of Place. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2002.
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Essay
Plomer, William. "Some books from New Zealand." Folios of New Writing Autumn (1941): 55-61.
Daalder, Joost. "R. A. K. Mason and the passing of time." Landfall 35; June (1981): 226-244.
Daalder, Joost. The poet as a Pacific Christ. In: Only Connect : literary perspectives East and West. Centre for Research in the New Literature in English, and East-West Center, Adelaide and Honolulu, 1981: 311-320.
Daalder, Joost. "Irony in R. A. K. Masons poetry." World Literature in English 21.1; Spring (1982): 171-185.
Daalder, Joost. "Ambiguity and ambivalence in R. A. K. Mason." Kunapipi 5.2; (1983): 94-101.
James, Trevor. "Religious awareness in New Zealand poetry : a problem for the imagination." World Literature Written in English 24.2; Autumn (1984): 429-443.
Murray, Stuart. DArcy Cresswell and R. A. K. Mason : doubtful paternity. In: Never a Soul at Home : New Zealand literary nationalism and the 1930s. Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1988.
Pound, Francis. Distance looks our way. In: La distancia mira hacia nosotros : 10 artistas de Nueva Zelanda = Distance looks our way : 10 artists from New Zealand. The Trustees, Distance Looks our Way Trust, Wellington, 1992: 21-30.
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Interview
Manhire, Bill. "Ready to move : interview with Hone Tuwhare." Landfall 42; Sept (1988): 262-282.
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Letter
Hunt, Sam. "R.A.K. Mason." Education 20.10; (1971): 29-30.
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Memoir
Stead, C.K. Mason : bringing disorder to life. In: Kin of Place. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2002.
Caselberg, John. Poet triumphant: the life and writings of R. A. K. Mason (1905 - 1971). Steele Roberts, Wellington, 2004.
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Obituary
Bertram, James. "Death of a poet." Listener 67.1657; August 2 (1971): 9-9.
Weir, John Edward. "R .A. K. Mason: 1905-1971." Education 20.7; (1971): 20-23.
Weir, John Edward. "R. A. K. Mason 1905-1971: some tributes. A. Curnow, J. Alison, E. M. Blaiklock, R. Finlayson, E. McCormick, C. Brasch, J. K. Baxter, F. Sargeson, K. Ireland." Landfall 25; Sept (1971): 222-242.
"R. A. K. Mason: a tribute." Affairs Nov (1971): 478-478.
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Photographs
Firth, Clifton. Landfall 12; Dec (1949): 328-329.
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Poetry
Orr, Bob. "The ghost of R. A. K. Mason." Listener 181.3214; December 15 (2001): 61-61.
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Thesis
Broughton, W. S. W. DArcy Cresswell, A. R. D. Fairburn, R. A. K. Mason : an examination of certain aspects of their lives and works. University of Auckland, Auckland, 1968.
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