And the View from the Shore - Literary Traditions of HawaiiAuthor: Stephen H. Sumida Publisher: University of Washington Press Publication date: 1991 Number of pages: 330 In May 2018, Honolulu Magazine selected this book as one of 50 Essential Hawaii Books You Should Read in Your Lifetime. This pioneering 1991 work made a major impact by validating Hawaii local writing through local perspectives, while using traditional literary criticism to overthrow the establishment's tired and patronizing assumptions. It's still an illuminating read for this and also for its clear annotation of debates sparked by the novels, stories, essays, and plays that came out after the 1978 Talk Story Conference. This study chronicles and reinterprets the variety of literary patterns found within Hawaii's history since the arrival of Captain Cook in 1778. The author explores the multicultural aspects of Hawaii literature, representing the spectrum of native Hawaiian, colonial, tourist, and polyethnic local literature. Author Stephen Sumida was born in Hawaii and at the time of the book's publication was an associate professor of English at the University of Michigan. His name card was inserted in the pages of the book. Condition: No tears or handwriting. Some foxing on outer edges of some pages.