PENWOMEN'S CLUB
" New Zcalandcrs accept English influence far too readily." said Mr. Hector Bolitho during a short talk to the members of the Penwomen's Club on Friday afternoon. "To develop a national literature one must develop a national life." In the speaker's opinion all great, women writers suffered much loneliness and nnhappiness of spirit. Both rending and writing must bo personal experiences. IVIr. Bolitho described bi jelly tho circumstances which led to the writing of his book u Albert the Good. Mrs. Carr JRollett, who presided, remarked that New Zcalandcrs needed to leave their country before they coulci bo sufficiently dissociated, fr°™ its influence to write sincerely of New Zealand life. m T .„ An address on Tom Moore and lieland was given during the week to the literature study section by Mr. J. J. Sullivan.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340507.2.5.19
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21793, 7 May 1934, Page 3
Word Count
135PENWOMEN'S CLUB New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21793, 7 May 1934, Page 3
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in