Critical Essay by E. H. Mccormick
[James K. Baxter] is, indeed, the central figure in the contemporary scene, mediator among writers of different ages and outlooks, focus of highest hopes for the futu...
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Critical Essay by Roger Garfitt
When James K. Baxter, who died far too young in New Zealand last year, began his last book [Runes] with a section entitled 'after Catullus', it was anythi...
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Critical Essay by Charles Doyle
More clearly than with many artists, Baxter's life and work are interdependent. From the first a controversial and complex figure, he apparently contained within...
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James Keir Baxter was born in Dunedin in 1926 and died suddenly in 1972. His parents were a self educated Otago farmer and a graduate of Cambridge University. His father suffered severely in France ...
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