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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 War, Women and the Bush : The Novels of Mary Grant Bruce and Ethel Turner
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Comments on the portrayal of women, men and the bush in the novels of Mary Grant Bruce and Ethel Turner which were set during World War I. Walker draws particular attention to the disadvantages of being a woman and the qualities a woman should possess as portrayed in these novels. In their general behaviour, the characters of both sexes in the novels are permitted to be 'mildly unconventional' provided they still abide by the major social conventions of 'loyalty, decency [and] fair play'. Walker also points out the manner in which the bush is clearly depicted as a superior living environment, 'enhancing good health and wholesome attitudes to authority' and negating the 'socially harmful behaviour' engendered by life in the city.

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297-315 War, Women and the Bush : The Novels of Mary Grant Bruce and Ethel Turnersmall AustLit logo Historical Studies
Subjects:
  • From Billabong to London Mary Grant Bruce , 1915 single work children's fiction
  • Jim and Wally Mary Grant Bruce , 1916 single work children's fiction
  • Possum Mary Grant Bruce , 1917 single work novel
  • The Cub Ethel Turner , 1915-1919 series - author novel
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