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1 y separately published work icon The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War series Columbia : University of South Carolina Press , Z1707595 series - publisher novel poetry prose war literature
The James Dickey Contemporary Poetry Series University of South Carolina Press (publisher), series - publisher
1 y separately published work icon New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction Donald M. Hassler (editor), Clyde Wilcox (editor), Columbia : University of South Carolina Press , 2008 Z1572795 2008 anthology criticism
1 28 y separately published work icon Flesh in Armour : A Novel Leonard Mann , 1932 Melbourne : Phaedrus Books , 1932 Z394283 1932 single work novel war literature

'Leonard Mann privately published his first novel, Flesh in Armour, in Melbourne in 1932, after he was unable to place it with a publisher in Australia or England. The novel was an immediate success, and Mann was subsequently awarded the Australian Literature Society's gold medal for outstanding book of the year. The book's merits then established, it was republished in England and Australia in 1944.

Drawn in part from the author's combat experience in France during World War I, Flesh in Armour is an exploration of the lives of soldiers in the Australian Imperial Force from the Ypres campaign in 1917 until just before the Armistice. The novel follows the actions and evolving attitudes of three soldiers in the same battalion—a naive and handsome raw recruit eager for combat, a schoolteacher whose intellect and anxiety have led to disillusionment, and a courageous warrior-hero who remains undaunted by battle despite being wounded.The novel bears an unmistakable Australian point of view, particularly in its wry sense of humor in spite of the dark subject matter and in its vehement disdain for British commanders.

Nearly 420,000 Australians enlisted during World War I, and more than half were killed, wounded, or captured. The conflict was the most costly in Australia's history. In the fates of his protagonists—one dies valiantly, one dies in an abject and mentally unhinged state, one survives—Mann pays tribute to the sacrifices of his countrymen and reminds readers of the unforgiving test of character found in war then and now. ' (University of South Carolina Press website sighted July 2010)

1 y separately published work icon The Art of Brevity : Excursions in Short Fiction Theory and Analysis Per Winther (editor), Hans H. Skei (editor), Jakob Lothe (editor), Columbia : University of South Carolina Press , 2004 Z1247706 2004 anthology poetry
1 3 y separately published work icon Drowned Lands : Poems Paul Kane , Columbia : University of South Carolina Press , 2000 Z918293 2000 selected work poetry The title of this selected work is taken from the corner of southern New York State, known as the Drowned Lands Originally inundated, this area was drained by early settlers and turned into rich black-dirt farms.
1 y separately published work icon The Explicator 1942 Columbia : University of South Carolina Press , 1942- Z1896057 1942 periodical (1 issues) The Explicator is a quarterly journal of literary criticism. It mainly publishes short papers on poetry and prose.
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