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On the Warpath: Australian Military Travel
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Artikel-Nr:
9780522850871
Veröffentl:
2004
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.04.2004
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Peter Pierce
Gewicht:
544 g
Format:
231x152x28 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Robin Gerster is Associate Professor in the School of Literary, Visual & Performance Studies at Monash University. He has published widely in the areas of war and travel literatures, including the award-winning critique Big-noting: The Heroic Theme in Australian War Writing (MUP), and his travel book Legless in Ginza: Orientating Japan (MUP).
This important anthology reveals the many ways in which going to war has formed a cultural bridge between Australia and the world. From the Sudan in 1885 to Afghanistan in 2001, the connection of war to travel is illustrated in the observations of writers as varied as 'Banjo' Paterson, George Johnston, Nancy Wake, John Pilger, Lily Brett and Peter Weir. Selecting writings from combatants abroad as well as the reflections of sightseers who travel to foreign battlefields and war sites, Robin Gerster and Peter Pierce reveal how the experience of war has both broadened and refined (and sometimes distorted) Australian views of the world. Their lively collection crosses the boundaries between literature, literary criticism, travel writing, war writing and cultural commentary.