Jane Stafford (New Zealand professor)

Summary

Jane Stafford is a New Zealand literature academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.[1]

Jane Stafford
Born
New Zealand
Other namesJane Elizabeth Horgan
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
Scientific career
FieldsLiterature of New Zealand
InstitutionsVictoria University of Wellington
Thesis
  • An examination of the "De Passione" Section of John of Grimestone's Preaching Book (1986)

Academic career edit

After a 1986 PhD titled 'An examination of the "De Passione" Section of John of Grimestone's Preaching Book' at the Victoria University of Wellington, Stafford moved to staff, rising to full professor.[1]

Stafford has published widely on the early literature of New Zealand and contemporary poetry.[2][3][4][5][6]

Selected works edit

  • Stafford, Jane, and Mark Williams. Maoriland: New Zealand Literature, 1872-1914. Victoria University Press, 2006.
  • Stafford, Jane. Colonial Literature and the Native Author: indigeneity and empire. Springer, 2016.
  • Jackson, Anna, and Jane Stafford, eds. Floating Worlds: Essays on Contemporary New Zealand Fiction. Victoria University Press, 2009.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Jane Stafford - School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies - Victoria University of Wellington". www.victoria.ac.nz.
  2. ^ "Best New Zealand Poems now online". www.creativenz.govt.nz.
  3. ^ Stafford, Jane (8 November 2018). "Let us now revisit Maoriland".
  4. ^ "Colonial Literature and the Native Author - Indigeneity and Empire - Jane Stafford - Palgrave Macmillan" – via www.palgrave.com.
  5. ^ "Previously unseen Katherine Mansfield poems discovered in US library". Stuff.
  6. ^ Wevers, Lydia. "Why New Zealand has no great 19th-century novel". The Conversation.