War poetry
Articles
- Australian Poetry of the First World War: A Survey
Australian poetry of the First World War began with a flood of patriotic verse, similar in sentiment to the verse that flowed during 1914 and…
1 May 1970 - The Boer War: Paterson, Abbott, Brennan, Miles Franklin and Morant
Discusses Australian literary responses to the Boer War. including Banjo Paterson's dispatches from the Front and J.H. Abbott's first-hand account as a soldier reflect and…
1 October 1985 - War Poetry: Myth as De-formation and Re-formation
In his Introduction to Shadows from Wire Geoff Page remarks that 'rarely since the 1914-18 war ended has Australian interest in it been higher' and…
1 October 1985 - Perceptions of the Enemy in Australian War Literature
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…
1 October 1985