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'In Kenneth Mackay s 1895 admonitory tale, Britain s attention and military forces are diverted by a Russian attack on India, and Australia is left defenseless. The Russians lead the invasion force, but for readers of the Victorian Age, the real horror is the use of Chinese troops. This sweeping speculative story foreshadows the rapid growth of nationalism in the 20th Century. It also takes remarkable risks with its subject matter and its audience, challenging both literary and moral conventions.'
Source: Publisher's blurb, Wesleyan University Press 2003 edition.
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The Yellow Wave
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2011
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Currency Press
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2015
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'At last Kenneth Mackay’s 400-page Australian classic of 19th century literature comes to vivid life in 70 action-packed minutes. An epic saga of Love, Heroism and Sacrifice, The Yellow Wave is a prescient tale of War, Passion and Boat Arrivals featuring a huge cast of characters, exciting set pieces, a vast array of questionable accents and just two actors, The Yellow Wave is an invasion like no other.'
Source: Theatre company's website (http://15minutesfromanywhere.com/the-yellow-wave/). (Sighted: 16/11/2015).
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Dedication: Inscribed to my friend, the late George Ranken, formerly Commissioner of Crown Lands in Queensland; Member of New South Wales Royal Commission on the Lands Department of 1878, and of the Commission of Inquiry into Public Lands, 1883.
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Utopia and Utopian Studies in Australia
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Utopian Studies , vol. 27 no. 2 2016; (p. 200-209) 'There are no independently Australian translations of Thomas More’s Utopia. Nor is there any equivalent in Australia to the Society for Utopian Studies in North America or the Utopian Studies Society in Europe. Nor are there any extant formal research groups or undergraduate or graduate courses in utopian studies. There are, however, distinctively Australian traditions of utopian writing, both eutopian and dystopian, and also a limited field of Australian utopian studies, essentially the work of individual scholars. This article attempts a brief description of both.' (Publication summary) -
Invasion and the Politics of Belonging in Pat Grant's Blue
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Scholar , vol. 3 no. 1 2014; In this essay, Felicity Castagna notes 'the long history of invasion narratives in Australian literature, and how they served to reify the governmental belonging of White Australians inciting nationalism and encouraging vigilance in relation to migration and national security.' (From introduction) -
Surfing the Yellow Wave : Kenneth Mackay Sights the First AIF
2013
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criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 161-167) -
The Fiction of the Future : Australian Science Fiction
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 128-140) 'According to Russell Blackford 'commercial science fiction is the most international of literary forms.' He observes that 'Australian SF continues to flourish, even if it trails heroic fantasy in mass-market appeal.' Australian SF writers although published internationally, with a dedicated fan followings in USA, UK and Europe, were overlooked for a very long time by Australian multinational publishers. The international editions had to be imported and were then distributed in Australia (Congreve and Marquardt 8). Blackford in his chapter throws light on the history of Australian SF and observes how Australian SF writers, with their concern for the future, achieved a powerful synthesis in form and content. The progress of Australian SF, maturity of style in the work of younger writers, and massive worldwide sales make Blackford optimistic as he asserts that 'the best Australian writers in the genre will be prominent players on the world stage.' (Editor's foreword xii-xiii) -
The Creativity of War Planners : Armed Forces Professionals and the Pre-1914 British Invasion-Scare Genre
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: ELH , Winter vol. 78 no. 4 2011; (p. 801-862) 'This essay elucidates fundamental aspects of pre-1914 British invasion narratives. Under investigation are examples of the genre written by armed forces professionals who endeavored to stimulate support for increased military and/or naval expenditures as well as to make their cases for specific approaches to warfare. The essay has several aims: to sketch the debates in which such fictional texts were designed to intervene; to identify the salient characteristics of this literary form (ten motifs are distilled from more than one hundred texts); and to assess how the prognostications of these narratives compare with the battlefield reality of World War One.' (Author's abstract)
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Science Fiction Reviews
2006
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review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 37 2006; (p. 98-107)
— Review of The Risen Empire 2003 single work novel ; Eclipse 2005 single work novel ; The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia 1895 single work novel Bill Congreve discusses the science fiction genre and reviews several sci-fi novels. -
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1895
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— Appears in: The Guardian , 5 December 1895; (p. 9)
— Review of The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia 1895 single work novel -
Miscellaneous
2001
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review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 101-104)
— Review of The Invasion 1877 single work novel ; The Last of Six : Tales of the Austral Tropics 1893 selected work short story ; Ashes : A Tale of Two Spheres 1890 single work novel ; The Harlequin Opal 1893 single work novel ; A Son of Perdition : An Occult Romance 1912 single work novel ; The Gentleman Who Vanished : A Psychological Phantasy 1890 single work novel ; My Weird Wooing 1888 single work novel ; The Clairaudient : A Story of Psychical Research 1896 single work novel ; Aerial and Terrestrial Transit : An Inquiry Thereinto by a Paid Select Committee of Members of Parliament, Elected by Members of Parliament : Qualifications:- Strictly Non-professional : A Series of Records of Their Distinguished Labours. 1895 single work novel ; Recognition : A Mystery of the Coming Colony 1895 single work novel ; The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia 1895 single work novel ; Artabanzanus : The Demon of the Great Lake : An Allegorical Romance of Tasmania 1896 single work novel -
Australia's Coming War
1896
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review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 4 January vol. 16 no. 829 1896; (p. 2)
— Review of The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia 1895 single work novel -
Those Foreign Devils
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Science Fiction Studies , November vol. 30 no. 3 2003; (p. 517-520)
— Review of The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia 1895 single work novel -
Australian Science Fiction : In Search of the 'Feel'
2007-2008
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criticism
— Appears in: Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien , no. 21-22 2007-2008; (p. 65-72) -
The Fiction of the Future : Australian Science Fiction
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 128-140) 'According to Russell Blackford 'commercial science fiction is the most international of literary forms.' He observes that 'Australian SF continues to flourish, even if it trails heroic fantasy in mass-market appeal.' Australian SF writers although published internationally, with a dedicated fan followings in USA, UK and Europe, were overlooked for a very long time by Australian multinational publishers. The international editions had to be imported and were then distributed in Australia (Congreve and Marquardt 8). Blackford in his chapter throws light on the history of Australian SF and observes how Australian SF writers, with their concern for the future, achieved a powerful synthesis in form and content. The progress of Australian SF, maturity of style in the work of younger writers, and massive worldwide sales make Blackford optimistic as he asserts that 'the best Australian writers in the genre will be prominent players on the world stage.' (Editor's foreword xii-xiii) -
The Creativity of War Planners : Armed Forces Professionals and the Pre-1914 British Invasion-Scare Genre
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: ELH , Winter vol. 78 no. 4 2011; (p. 801-862) 'This essay elucidates fundamental aspects of pre-1914 British invasion narratives. Under investigation are examples of the genre written by armed forces professionals who endeavored to stimulate support for increased military and/or naval expenditures as well as to make their cases for specific approaches to warfare. The essay has several aims: to sketch the debates in which such fictional texts were designed to intervene; to identify the salient characteristics of this literary form (ten motifs are distilled from more than one hundred texts); and to assess how the prognostications of these narratives compare with the battlefield reality of World War One.' (Author's abstract)
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'The Yellow Peril,' Invasion Scare Novels and Australian Political Culture
1996
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: The 1890s : Australian Literature and Literary Culture 1996; (p. 228-263) -
Surfing the Yellow Wave : Kenneth Mackay Sights the First AIF
2013
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criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 161-167)
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