AustLit
Alternative title:
ALS
Issue Details:
First known date:
1985...
vol.
12
no.
2
October
1985
of
Australian Literary Studies
est. 1963
Australian Literary Studies
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Special issue: Australian Literature and War
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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From the Sudan to Saigon : A Critical Review of Historical Works,
single work
criticism
review
Surveys publications on Australian military history, Australian involvement in wars and histories of wars by Australian historians.
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Perceptions of the Enemy in Australian War Literature,
single work
criticism
The essay examines the literary consequences of an Australian need for an enemy in the nation-building and myth-making process, and traces how perceptions of the enemy have changed in Australian poetry and prose of war since 1885. It also compares Australian with some British and American war literature from the same period.
- War Poetry : Myth as De-formation and Re-formation, single work criticism (p. 182-193)
- War Correspondents in Australian Literature : An Outline, single work criticism (p. 194-206)
- The Boer War: Paterson, Abbott, Brennan, Miles Franklin and Morant, single work criticism (p. 207-222)
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'Preserving the White Race' : Some Australian Women's Literary Responses to the Great War,
single work
criticism
Surveys poetry and verse, personal narratives and popular novels written by Australian women about the Great War. Finds as major preoccupations and concerns in this type of literature: fear of threats to their class and race caused by war; fear for the family; glorification of White Australia; concerns about the future of the British Empire.
- The Usable Past : Australian War Fiction of the 1950s, single work criticism (p. 234-247)
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War in Post-1960s Fiction : Johnston, Stow, McDonald, Malouf and Les Murray,
single work
criticism
Discusses a number of war novels which, rather than focussing on military conflicts, centre on the ways in which war has shaped Australian experience. Argues that while in a first stage of writing about the First World War the focus was on positive myth-making, on the growth of Anzac male myths of a national 'coming-of-age', these later novels highlight the often destabilising effects of war on specifially Australian experience.
- [Statement], single work autobiography (p. 261-263)
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[Statements about War Literature],
sequence
autobiography
A number of authors of war literature were sent a questionnaire by ALS, asking them to write about why they had turned to war as a subject or vehicle, what challenges they had encountered in treating the subject of war, what kind of research and/or other elements (such as personal experience) had been involved, and in what way their books related to war in general and to Australian experiences in particular.
- [Statement], single work autobiography (p. 263-264)
- [Statement], single work autobiography (p. 264-265)
- [Statement], single work autobiography (p. 265-268)
- [Statement], single work autobiography (p. 268)
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Fastnessi"I am listening for words the eldest",
single work
poetry
(p. 269-270)
Note: Part of a sequence of statements on war literature by Australian writers.
- The Rise of the Prisoner-of-War Writers, single work criticism (p. 270-274)
- A Checklist of Australian Literature of the First World War, single work bibliography (p. 275-287)
- A Checklist of Australian Literature of the Vietnam War, single work bibliography (p. 287-288)
- Checklist of Significant Historical Books and Articles, 1965-1985 on Australia's Involvements in War, single work bibliography (p. 288-294)
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A Checklist of Australian Prose of the Second World War,
single work
bibliography
Includes sections on fiction, personal narratives, prisoner-of-war books, historical accounts and other works of interest.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Sightings on Australian Literature
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 16 no. 1 1988; (p. 53-64)
— Review of The Writer, the Reader and the Critic in a Monoculture 1986 single work criticism ; Writing in Multicultural Australia 1984 : An Overview (Papers Presented at the Multicultural Writers' Weekend in Sydney 13 and 14 October 1984 and in Melbourne 27 and 28 October 1984) 1985 anthology criticism poetry ; Romantics and Mavericks : The Australian Short Story 1987 selected work criticism ; Australian Literary Studies vol. 12 no. 2 October 1985 periodical issue -
War in Australian Literature
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1985; (p. 83-84)
— Review of Australian Literary Studies vol. 12 no. 2 October 1985 periodical issue
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War in Australian Literature
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1985; (p. 83-84)
— Review of Australian Literary Studies vol. 12 no. 2 October 1985 periodical issue -
Sightings on Australian Literature
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 16 no. 1 1988; (p. 53-64)
— Review of The Writer, the Reader and the Critic in a Monoculture 1986 single work criticism ; Writing in Multicultural Australia 1984 : An Overview (Papers Presented at the Multicultural Writers' Weekend in Sydney 13 and 14 October 1984 and in Melbourne 27 and 28 October 1984) 1985 anthology criticism poetry ; Romantics and Mavericks : The Australian Short Story 1987 selected work criticism ; Australian Literary Studies vol. 12 no. 2 October 1985 periodical issue
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