Ranolf and Amohia: A South-Sea Day-Dream
| Title | Ranolf and Amohia: A South-Sea Day-Dream |
| Year for Search | 1872 |
| Authors | Domett, Alfred(1811-87) |
| Date Published | 1872 |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Very long poem that is in part a romantic Aotearoa/New Zealand and South Seas eutopia presenting the Maori as both Noble Savage and just savage. |
| Additional Publishers | 2nd ed. rev. with the subtitle A Dream of Two Lives. 2 vols. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. |
| Info Notes | The first edition was written in Aotearoa/New Zealand; the additions to the second edition were written after the author's return to England in 1871. |
| Holding Institutions | ATL, VUW |
| Author Note | The author (1811-87) was born in England and lived in Aotearoa/New Zealand from 1842 to 1871 where he was a successful politician with strongly anti-Maori positions. |
| Full Text | 1872 Domett, Alfred (1811-87). Ranolf and Amohia: A South-Sea Day-Dream. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 2nd ed. rev. with the subtitle A Dream of Two Lives. 2 vols. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. ATL, VUW Very long poem that is in part a romantic Aotearoa/New Zealand and South Seas eutopia presenting the Maori as both Noble Savage and just savage. The first edition was written in Aotearoa/New Zealand; the additions to the second edition were written after the author’s return to England in 1871. The author was born in England and lived in Aotearoa/New Zealand from 1842 to 1871 where he was a successful politician with strongly anti-Maori positions. |
