John Geraets literary papers.

Collection

Identifier: MSS-Archives-2008/12

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Research notes and correspondence re: ' "Landfall" under Brasch : the humanizing journey', Thesis (PhD--English)-- University of Auckland, 1982; literary manuscripts, drafts, essays and correspondence. Papers re "Reading saying making : selected essays" / Alan Loney. Auckland : Writers Group, 2001. Papers re literary journal "Brief" nos. 10-23 (formerly "Brief description of the whole world"), Auckland : Writers Group: copy, working materials and correspondence. Associated materials: Loney, Alan, 1940- . Literary papers (several collections).

Dates

1973 - 2002

Creator

Greaets, John (Person)
Loney, Alan (Title of a work--Reading saying making : selected essays.; ) (Person)
Geraets, John (Title of a work--Landfall under Brasch : the humanizing journey.; ) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Not restricted.

Biographical / Historical

John Geraets was born and educated in Auckland, where he gained a Ph.D in English in 1982 for his thesis on the work of Charles Brasch at Landfall.

Editor of Brief and its predecessor A Brief History of the Whole World, from 1999-2002.

The collection also includes material relating to Alan Loney's time as editor from the foundation of the journal in 1995 to 1998.

Publications by Geraets include:

Geraets, John. discourse #5. Auckland: Hard Copy, 1985. Geraets, John. Itsan. Auckland: Watermark, 1990. Geraets, John. Sanage Adventure Field. Japan: Linemen, 1995. Geraets, John. ? X. Auckland: Cornerdreamers, 2000. Geraets, John. station master. Auckland: John Geraets, 2011.