Jane Stafford (New Zealand professor) explained

Jane Stafford is a New Zealand literature academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.^[1]

Academic career

After a 1986 PhD titled 'An examination of the "De Passione" Section of John of Grimestone's Preaching Book' at the Victoria University of Wellington, Stafford moved to staff, rising to full professor.^[1]

Stafford has published widely on the early literature of New Zealand and contemporary poetry.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Selected works

• Stafford, Jane, and Mark Williams. Maoriland: New Zealand Literature, 1872-1914. Victoria University Press, 2006.
• Stafford, Jane. Colonial Literature and the Native Author: indigeneity and empire. Springer, 2016.
• Jackson, Anna, and Jane Stafford, eds. Floating Worlds: Essays on Contemporary New Zealand Fiction. Victoria University Press, 2009.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jane Stafford - School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies - Victoria University of Wellington. www.victoria.ac.nz.
2. Web site: Best New Zealand Poems now online. www.creativenz.govt.nz.
3. Web site: Let us now revisit Maoriland. Jane. Stafford. 8 November 2018.
4. Web site: Colonial Literature and the Native Author - Indigeneity and Empire - Jane Stafford - Palgrave Macmillan. SpringerLink . www.palgrave.com.
5. Web site: Previously unseen Katherine Mansfield poems discovered in US library. Stuff.
6. Web site: Why New Zealand has no great 19th-century novel. Lydia. Wevers. The Conversation. 11 February 2014 .