DOUGLAS LILBURN

A Search for Tradition & A Search for a Language

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On June 6, 2011 it was 10 years since Douglas Lilburn died.

The Lilburn Residence Trust is marking this anniversary with the publication of his two beautifully written and thought-provoking talks:

A Search for Tradition, given in 1946 at the Cambridge Summer School, and
A Search for a Language, given in 1969 at the University of Otago.

These are his contribution to, 'the continuing grand debate about the predicament of the creative artist in New Zealand.'

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ORDERING INFORMATION

New Zealand orders:
$29 including postage within New Zealand

Overseas orders:
NZ$25 plus airmail postage (please email for exact cost)

Email your order to: lilburnresidence@paradise.net.nz
Please include your name and postal address.

How to pay

Cheque: payable to Lilburn Residence Trust, c/- PO Box 27347, Marion Square, Wellington 6141, New Zealand
Direct credit: Lilburn Residence Trust, National Bank 060507 0073276 00 Please add 'Book' and your surname as a reference.

You might also like to consider including a donation.
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Why you should buy this book

In publishing these essays, together with introductions by J.M. Thomson and an afterword by Jack Body, the Lilburn Residence Trust has produced a most handsome and excellent little book. It was refreshing, for this reader at least, to re-read the essays and to realise that many of the arguments Lilburn advanced remain both valid and challenging. The book is beautifully illustrated with watercolours and drawings by Rita Angus, and other appropriate pictures.

Bryan James, Otago Daily Times, June 2011 Read the full review

These are words, like Lilburn’s music itself, measured, carefully poised, challenging.

Allan Thomas

Above all, he [Lilburn] shows us not only how to stand upright, but also how to dance around a little.

Bill Manhire

Proceeds from the sale of the book will be returned to the Lilburn Residence Trust.

Published by the Lilburn Residence Trust in association with Victoria University Press.
ISBN: 978-0-473-18379-0

This book was made possible by generous funding from the Lilburn Trust and the Stout Trust.

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