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Professor Patrick David Evans

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Department: Humanities and Creative Arts

Email: patrick.evans@canterbury.ac.nz

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Language: English

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Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

  • Creative writing
  • New Zealand literature
  • Post-war American fiction

Researcher Summary

Patrick Evans's initial research focussed on the fiction of Janet Frame (An Inward Sun, Wellington 1971). Janet Frame (Boston, 1977) is the first biography of the writer and examined her fiction to date in the light of her life. The Penguin History of New Zealand Literature (1990) is the first history of fiction and poetry to be published in New Zealand. His essay on Allen Curnow won the 2002 Landfall essay prize. He has supervised postgraduate work on Blanche Baughan, Robin Hyde, John Mulgan, Janet Frame, Allen Curnow, Keri Hulme, Damien Wilkins, G.R. Gilbert, Maori fiction, poetry and drama in English, New Zealand print culture, New Zealand women writers and New Zealand spiritual autobiography, as well as T.S. Eliot, Norman McLaren's film-making, Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo. He has published two novels and written plays which have been performed in New Zealand and Australia.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Literature: Literature
  • Music, Literary Arts and Other Arts: Creative Writing

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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books
  • Evans P. (2010) Gifted: a novel. Wellington: Victoria University Press. 303pp.
  • Evans P. (2007) The Long Forgetting: Postcolonial literary culture in New Zealand. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. 274pp.
Journal Articles
  • Evans P. (2013) from The Back of His Head [Short Fiction]. Sport 41: 187-202.
  • Evans P. (2011) Modernity and the Holocaust counter-memorial: Janet Frame's American fiction. Journal of Commonwealth Literature 46(3): 513-530. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021989411409800.
  • Evans P. (2011) They kill on Wednesdays': Janet Frame, Modernity and the Holocaust. Journal of Commonwealth Literature 46(1): 83-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021989410395434.
  • Evans P. (2010) Reaching for Rilke's Angel: Janet Frame's translations. Journal of Post-Colonial Cultures and Societies 1(1): 22-33.
  • Evans P. (2010) The Uncreating Word': Janet Frame and 'mystical naming'. Journal of New Zealand Literature 28: 61-85.
  • Evans P. (2007) "Men's Fungible Memories": Hallucinated history in Carl Shuker's The Method Actors. Journal of Postcolonial Writing 43(3): 323-335.
  • Evans P. (2006) Charles Brasch, Harry Scott, and New Zealand's missing penis. Landfall 212: 36-48.
  • Evans P. (2006) Pakeha-style biculturalism' and the Maori writer. Journal of New Zealand Literature 24(1): 11-35.
  • Evans P. (2005) Whipping Up a Local Culture: Masochism and the Cultural Nationalists. Landfall 209(Autumn): 137-152.
  • Evans P. (2004) Dr. Clutha's Book of the World: Janet Paterson Frame, 1924-2004. Journal of New Zealand Literature 22(2004): 15-30.
  • Evans P. (2003) Spectacular Babies' and the Globalisation of the New Zealand Author. World Literature Written in English 38(2): 94-110.
  • Evans P. (2002) A very emotional person as well': Allen Curnow, 1991-2001. Landfall 203(Autumn): 9-21.
  • Evans P. (2002) Robin Hyde and the Post-colonial Sublime. Landfall 204(Spring): 38-45.
  • Evans P. (2002) Spectacular Babies: The globalisation of New Zealand Fiction. Kite 22: 5-14.
  • Evans P. (1999) Denis Glover: His life. Kite 16: 18-23.
  • Evans P. (1999) Vertigo. : 87-99.
  • Evans P. (1998) A very emotional person as well: Allen Curnow 1911-2001. Landfall 203: 9-21.
  • Evans P. (1998) Maurice Duggan: "A kind of Dark Conceit". Kite 14: 8-13.
Chapters
  • Evans P. (2011) Frame, Janet. In Ball JC (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction. Volume III: Twentieth-Century World Fiction: 1088-1092. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Evans P. (2011) Sam Butler's other Nosnibor. In Millar P (Ed.), Running Writing Robinson: 74-87. Wellington: Victoria University Press.
  • Evans P. (2010) What if Katherine Mansfield had returned to New Zealand? In Levine S (Ed.), New Zealand As It Might Have Been 2: 113-131. Wellington: VUP.
  • Evans P. and Wevers L. (2005) Short Fiction (New Zealand). In Benson E; Conolly LW (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English: 1457-1461. London: Routledge.
  • Evans P. (2004) On Originality: No Earth Tones. In Williams M (Ed.), Writing at the Edge of the Universe: 68-84. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.
  • Evans P. (1999) Motorway. Sport 19: 13-25.
  • Evans P. (1999) Potts disease. Sport 22: 138-150.
  • Evans P. (1998) Anthologies of fiction. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 16-17. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  • Evans P. (1998) Anthologies of poetry. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 17-18. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  • Evans P. (1998) Came a Hot Friday. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 478-479. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  • Evans P. (1998) Chin chin, Mr Saltina. Sport 21: 190-205.
  • Evans P. (1998) Lawlor, Pat. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 301. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  • Evans P. (1998) Morrieson, R.H. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 380. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  • Evans P. (1998) Postmodernism. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 446-448. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  • Evans P. (1998) Schroder, J.H.E. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 481. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  • Evans P. (1998) The Scarecrow. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 478-479. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  • Evans P. (1998) War literature: Korean war. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 574-575. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  • Evans P. (1998) War literature: Vietnam war. In Robinson R; Wattie N (Ed.), The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature: 574-575. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
Performances
  • Evans P. (2003) The Men's Room. Author. Directed by Elric Hooper. NZ tour, South Island towns. [Full length play].
  • Evans P. (2002) The Men's Room. Author. Directed by Christina Stachurski. Mill Theatre, Christchurch.
Other
  • Evans P. (2008) Frame, Janet 1924-2004. Department of Internal Affairs. [Encyclopedia Entry].
Additional Publications
  • Evans P. (2002) The Mens Room..
  • Evans P. (2000) The case for missing verandas: the art of Michael Kings biography. National Library of New Zealand: National Library Seminar, 14 Sep 2000.
  • Evans P. (1998) Legless: alcoholism and amputation in the life of Maurice Duggan. English Deptmartment Annual Conference, 8-8 May 1998.
  • Evans P. (1997) Allen Curnow's War: the "Provincial dilemma revisited". English Deptmartment Annual Conference, 10 Oct 1997.
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