Research Catalog

Title

Charles Brasch : journals, 1958-1973 / selected with an introduction and notes by Peter Simpson.

Author

Brasch, Charles

Publication

• Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Simpson, Peter, 1942-
• University of Otago. Hocken Collections.

Description

687 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"This third and final volume of Charles Brasch's compelling private journals covers the years from when he was 48 to his death at 64. By the 1960s, Brasch, though very private by temperament, was a reluctant public figure, especially as editor of Landfall - indisputably New Zealand's leading cultural quarterly (he eventually quit as editor after 20 years). He was also becoming a highly regarded poet, who eventually had six books (one posthumous) to his name. Behind the scenes Brasch was increasingly important as an art collector and as patron and benefactor; the Burns, Hodgkins and Mozart Fellowships - for writers, artists and composers respectively - which he helped anonymously to found and fund, all began in this period. Among his friends Brasch counted most of the country's leading artists, writers and intellectuals including Sargeson, McCahon, McCormick, Stead, the Pauls, the Woollastons, the Baxters, Lilburn, Beaglehole, Angus, Oliver, Bensemann, Lusk, Frame and Dallas. These are contemporaries were joined by the talented young, many met as contributors to Landfall - including Gee, Cross, Shadbolt, Duggan, O'Sullivan, Hotere, Tuwhare, Caselberg, Middleton and Manhire. Brasch's lively and sometimes acerbic accounts of such people are a fascinating aspect of his journals. Behind the esteemed poet, editor and public intellectual, however, was a sensitive and often angst-ridden man, who confided to his journals (and poems) the emotional roller- coaster of his private life, especially his endlessly frustrated search for love. Presented here are deep attachments to both men and women, including Andrew Packard (a visiting English zoologist) and Margaret Scott, widow of Harry Scott with whom Brasch had also been in love. Late in life his strong involvement with an elderly Jewish emigree, Moli Zimmerman, adds another surprising layer to the complex and lovable man his journals reveal. Brasch's journals will change forever the perception and understanding of an outstanding New Zealander and of the era to which he contributed so much."--Back cover.

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

• Works.
• Journals, 1958-1973

Subjects

• Poets, New Zealand
• Poets, New Zealand > 20th century
• Brasch, Charles
• 1900-1999
• Poets, New Zealand > 20th century > Diaries
• Brasch, Charles > Diaries
• Landfall
• Diairies
• Diaries

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Diairies.

Note

• "Published in association with the Hocken Collections, Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago, with thanks to the Estate of Charles Brasch"--title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 650-653) and index.

Call Number

JFD 19-3281

ISBN

• 1988531144
• 9781988531144

LCCN

2018404713

OCLC

1013585020

Author

Brasch, Charles, author.

Title

Charles Brasch : journals, 1958-1973 / selected with an introduction and notes by Peter Simpson.

Publisher

Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 650-653) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Simpson, Peter, 1942- editor, writer of introduction.

University of Otago. Hocken Collections.

Research Call Number

JFD 19-3281