Captain Cook in the Underworld
This long poem by Maori poet, Robert Sullivan, reinterprets the Orpheus myth for the South Pacific and looks at the exploratory voyages of Captain Cook in a new light. The book is a highly stylised, operatic account of the voyages. As the poem unfolds, European myth makes way for Polynesian myth.
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Captain Cook in the Underworld
This long poem by Maori poet, Robert Sullivan, reinterprets the Orpheus myth for the South Pacific and looks at the exploratory voyages of Captain Cook in a new light. The book is a highly stylised, operatic account of the voyages. As the poem unfolds, European myth makes way for Polynesian myth.
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Captain Cook in the Underworld

Captain Cook in the Underworld

by Robert Sullivan
Captain Cook in the Underworld

Captain Cook in the Underworld

by Robert Sullivan

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This long poem by Maori poet, Robert Sullivan, reinterprets the Orpheus myth for the South Pacific and looks at the exploratory voyages of Captain Cook in a new light. The book is a highly stylised, operatic account of the voyages. As the poem unfolds, European myth makes way for Polynesian myth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781869402815
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Publication date: 02/01/2003
Pages: 64
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.20(d)
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