Mary Ursula Bethell - New Zealand Writers and Their Work

Oxford University Press, 1975, 56 pages.
A biography of poet Mary Ursula Bethell, recognised as one of the pioneers of modern New Zealand poetry. Like others of her generation she was forced to confront the tension between her English origins and sympathies and her New Zealand milieu. In addition she was drawn to examine the disjunctions between religious certainty and everyday experience. Her attempts at developing a poetic voice to express her enlarged understanding were bold and innovative; in all her observations she looked with new eyes.