Patrick Evans is een vaste waarde in de studie van de Nieuw-Zeelandse literatuur en doceert sinds 1978 aan de Universiteit van Canterbury. Zijn werk duikt in het hart van het literaire landschap van het land en verkent de unieke contouren en stemmen ervan. Evans' benadering van zowel onderwijs als schrijven kenmerkt zich door een diepe betrokkenheid bij de complexiteit van deze specifieke literaire traditie. Door zijn bijdragen biedt hij lezers een rijker begrip van de Nieuw-Zeelandse literaire identiteit.
Explore the vibrant beer culture of Grand Rapids, which flourished in the 19th century with local breweries. Discover the impact of Prohibition and the resurgence of craft brewing, featuring iconic spots like Founders and HopCat. Join veteran enthusiast Patrick Evans for a journey through the city's rich brewing heritage.
‘Zum Bullshitter geht der Preis’—so said the great German author-philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (1774). Or did he? Can we trust what we never quite knew about because we never quite got around to reading it in the first place? Is it safe to rely on what we overhear in the university common-room or even out there in the real world? And does it matter? In Bluffworld we are taken through the bildung of a master-bluffer, from his early days spent plagiarising student essays to his magisterial later lectures on the opening sentence of Moby-Dick and other works he’s been led to believe might well be great literature, whatever that is. We learn to spot the difference between bullshit and horseshit, to understand the power of seeming, to use ‘Quite’ and ‘Just so’ to trigger verbal smokescreens when outflanked, to sense the sublime power of unoriginality all around us. Finally, we see the inevitable terminus ad quem (whatever that means) of the Meister-Bullshit-Künstler(?), as our hero confronts the apotheosis of bullshit in the bewildering word-world of the corporate university. All this and much, much less! Time for another all-staff barbecue!
Set against the backdrop of rising costs and declining interest in the legacy of a literary giant, the narrative explores the absurdities of maintaining a cultural institution. Through humor and sharp satire, it critiques the processes behind literary fame and the challenges faced by those tasked with preserving an author's memory. The story delves into the complexities of legacy, fame, and the often ridiculous lengths to which society goes to uphold the memory of its cultural icons.