Perceptions of the Enemy in Australian War Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8891734 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Pierce (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Publication date | 1985-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9697 • E-ISSN: 1837-6479 |
| Publisher | Australian Literary Studies (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.20314/als.5c942184f2 |
| OpenAlex | W2466340004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
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
Adversary · Aesthetics · Art · Australian studies · Computer security · Literature · Media studies · Mythology · Perception · Period (music · Poetry · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Australian History and Society · Classics · History · Law · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 1985 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |