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moods vary from boisterous belly-laughter to passionate or lyric love-making. The printed text is much longer than that broadcastāperhaps too long, although the eye is less irritated by repetition than the ear. Like the other work, this one has classic quality, the verse rising from the colloquial to the enchanted, full of lovely things. Romantic in mental colouring, Stewart finds themes in historical subjects, but to their dramatic illustration he brings nostalgic overtones and understanding, lent from his own rich sense of the beauty and ardour of life, not borrowed from a literary heritage. Hence he is an original.
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A comedy of MÄori life, faithful in its simple setting, while psychologically it is as sophisticated as a town piece by
Congreve. It is the story of an ill-married girl and her dream lover, a man of the patu paiarehe, ātall as a tree,ā and of her choice between drab reality and glamorous escape. Its
400:"The Fire on the Snow and The Golden Lover. By Douglas Stewart (Angus & Robertson Ltd., Sydney). Fountains Beyond. By George Landen Dann ("Australasian Publishing Co., Sydney). Quiet Night. By Dorothy Blewett (Australasian Publishing Co., Sydney)."
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The play was published in a collection of
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283:""Onlooker" Looks Into a "Magic Mirror""
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113:is a 1943 Australian verse drama by
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