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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 The Bush Soldiers
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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1984 .
      Extent: 439p.
      Description: illus., maps on lining papers.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: For Jake, and thanks to E.S.
      • Epigraph: All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do. - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of wellington.
      ISBN: 0002226499
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Viking ,       1984 .
      Extent: 438p.
      Edition info: 1st American ed.
      Edition info: Elisabeth Sifton books
      ISBN: 0670197513
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Fontana , 1985 .
      Extent: 438p.
      Reprinted: 1986
      ISBN: 0006171699 (pbk.)
    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1998 .
      Extent: 438p.
      ISBN: 186448621X
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Works about this Work

Uchronic Australia : Serious Issues Are Raised in Two Alternate Histories of Australia during the Pacific War David C. Miller , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 32 no. 1/2 2018; (p. 278-296)

'Though previous scholarship into alternate history narratives has been conducted, to date a set of "poetics" that defines this genre has not yet been developed (Chapman and Yoke 21). Indeed, there is a significant gap in knowledge regarding the alternate history genre; a collection of papers appearing in Classic and Iconoclastic Alternate History Science Fiction, edited by Edgar L. Chapman and Carl B. Yoke, identify this gap: "For while numerous alternate history tales have now been written, … no comprehensive poetics of this genre … has been developed" (21). This article seeks to address part of this gap by first coining a new term for the genre (Uchronic fiction) and by using two examples of alternate history narratives unique and particular to Australia (John Hooker's The Bush Soldiers and John A. Scott's N) to highlight some of the hitherto undefined "poetics" for this genre as they appear in these two examples of Uchronic fiction. These two novels also bring to the fore serious issues that are relevant to the discussion regarding the political agenda on the part of authors John Hooker and John A. Scott, both of whom do not shy away from addressing white Australia's historically poor treatment of Aboriginal people or from Australia's historical ambivalence and hostility toward nonwhite immigrants and people from Asia.' (Introduction)
Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 15 August 1998; (p. 7)
— Review of The Bush Soldiers John Hooker , 1984 single work novel
Of Big Blokes and Manhood's Myths Mark Chipperfield , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 1990; (p. rev 5)
After the Thaw Sonia Harford , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sunday Herald (Sunday Review) , 23 December 1990; (p. 36)
The Brisbane Line in Australian Literature : Aspects of a Reality? Drew Cottle , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , April no. 20 1988; (p. 7-10)
The Grotesque and the Innocent Lucy Frost , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 97 1984; (p. 66-68)
— Review of Palomino Elizabeth Jolley , 1980 single work novel ; Milk and Honey : A Novel Elizabeth Jolley , 1984 single work novel ; The Bush Soldiers John Hooker , 1984 single work novel ; Bearded Ladies : Stories Kate Grenville , 1984 selected work short story poetry
Old Enemies Fight on in Occupied Australia Helen Daniel , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 October, 1984; (p. 12)
— Review of Down Under Kris Hemensley , 1978 single work novel ; The Bush Soldiers John Hooker , 1984 single work novel
A Soldier at War with his Past Allan Ashbolt , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 October 1984; (p. 36)
— Review of The Bush Soldiers John Hooker , 1984 single work novel
Plot Beaten About the Bush Katharine England , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 November 1984; (p. 9)
— Review of The Bush Soldiers John Hooker , 1984 single work novel
The Bush Overcomes All John Webb , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 October 1984; (p. 17)
— Review of The Bush Soldiers John Hooker , 1984 single work novel
The Brisbane Line in Australian Literature : Aspects of a Reality? Drew Cottle , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , April no. 20 1988; (p. 7-10)
After the Thaw Sonia Harford , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sunday Herald (Sunday Review) , 23 December 1990; (p. 36)
Of Big Blokes and Manhood's Myths Mark Chipperfield , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 1990; (p. rev 5)
Uchronic Australia : Serious Issues Are Raised in Two Alternate Histories of Australia during the Pacific War David C. Miller , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 32 no. 1/2 2018; (p. 278-296)

'Though previous scholarship into alternate history narratives has been conducted, to date a set of "poetics" that defines this genre has not yet been developed (Chapman and Yoke 21). Indeed, there is a significant gap in knowledge regarding the alternate history genre; a collection of papers appearing in Classic and Iconoclastic Alternate History Science Fiction, edited by Edgar L. Chapman and Carl B. Yoke, identify this gap: "For while numerous alternate history tales have now been written, … no comprehensive poetics of this genre … has been developed" (21). This article seeks to address part of this gap by first coining a new term for the genre (Uchronic fiction) and by using two examples of alternate history narratives unique and particular to Australia (John Hooker's The Bush Soldiers and John A. Scott's N) to highlight some of the hitherto undefined "poetics" for this genre as they appear in these two examples of Uchronic fiction. These two novels also bring to the fore serious issues that are relevant to the discussion regarding the political agenda on the part of authors John Hooker and John A. Scott, both of whom do not shy away from addressing white Australia's historically poor treatment of Aboriginal people or from Australia's historical ambivalence and hostility toward nonwhite immigrants and people from Asia.' (Introduction)
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Subjects:
  • Bush,
  • Bourke, Bourke - Brewarrina area, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
  • c
    Japan,
    c
    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Settings:
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
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