Issue Details: First known date: 1895... 1895 A South-Sea Siren : A Novel Descriptive of New Zealand Life in the Early Days
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George Chamier and the Native Question Sean Sturm , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 5 2006; (p. 100-120)

Sturm concludes his discussion on Chamier's novels by saying they are 'exemplary in that they illustrate the way settler society is founded on negation through Raleigh's reflexive "tarrying with the negative." I'd say that the only way to overcome this settler bind (that settlers seem to be fated to resettle) is to accept that we just have to live with it - it cannot be solved. It can't be cut like the Gordian knot; we - settlers and Maori, that is - are tied together.

George Chamier and the Native Question Sean Sturm , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 5 2006; (p. 100-120)

Sturm concludes his discussion on Chamier's novels by saying they are 'exemplary in that they illustrate the way settler society is founded on negation through Raleigh's reflexive "tarrying with the negative." I'd say that the only way to overcome this settler bind (that settlers seem to be fated to resettle) is to accept that we just have to live with it - it cannot be solved. It can't be cut like the Gordian knot; we - settlers and Maori, that is - are tied together.

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