Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 “Whichever and Whatever It Was” : Rendering War and Peace in Australian WWI Narratives
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'Australian narratives of World War I (WWI) reflect a different but characteristic commemoration of that event. While the best (to modern eyes) novels of WWI present a comprehensive picture of disillusionment, futility and waste, Australian stories proffer the view that the war was worthwhile, and that the sacrifices of the Anzacs were honourable and justified. In placing WWI as a salient marker denoting the origin of the nation, Australian texts diverge from the revered WWI canon’s convincing portrayal of the war as a symbol of civilisation’s demise. Even accepting this divergence, however, there is much in Australian narratives that amplifies the memorialisation of the war in Australian society.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Long Paddock War and Peace vol. 75 no. 3 2016 9576843 2016 periodical issue 2016
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