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Set in the Western Australian wheatbelt during the period 1907 to 1918. The cover blurb states that [t]here is no psychological problem, no sexual degeneracy, no case for the amateur psychiatrist. The publishers feel that Men Against the Earth presents a faithful picture of Australian country life...

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Georgian House , 1946 .
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Nation and Environment in the Twentieth Century Novel Tony Hughes-d'Aeth , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel 2023;
The Shadow on the Field : Literature and Ecology in the Western Australian Wheatbelt Tony Hughes-d'Aeth , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 45-69) Satellite images show a sharp line marking the end (or beginning) of the country cleared for farming in south-western Australia. It is the most visible clearance line on the planet and demarcates an area the size of Scotland from which, in the space of two generations, the native vegetation was almost entirely stripped. This chapter attempts to trace this far-reaching ecological event in the creative literatures of those generations, focussing on the inter-war years. (abstract taken from The Littoral Zone)
Unequal Contest John Andrew La Nauze , 1948 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 9 no. 4 1948; (p. 248-249)
— Review of Men Against the Earth John K. Ewers , 1946 single work novel
Prose from a Saucer 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 April vol. 68 no. 3505 1947; (p. 2)
— Review of Men Against the Earth John K. Ewers , 1946 single work novel
Untitled Vance Palmer , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: Talk , vol. 2 no. 5 1947; (p. 82-83)
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Book Chronicle Q , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 6 no. 2 1947; (p. 132-136)
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Hard Red Earth Ken Levis , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , May vol. 1 no. 11 1947; (p. 479-480)
— Review of Men Against the Earth John K. Ewers , 1946 single work novel
Untitled Marjorie Barnard , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Books , vol. 2 no. 6 1947; (p. 165-166)
— Review of Men Against the Earth John K. Ewers , 1946 single work novel
Untitled Vance Palmer , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: Talk , vol. 2 no. 5 1947; (p. 82-83)
— Review of Men Against the Earth John K. Ewers , 1946 single work novel
Prose from a Saucer 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 April vol. 68 no. 3505 1947; (p. 2)
— Review of Men Against the Earth John K. Ewers , 1946 single work novel
The Shadow on the Field : Literature and Ecology in the Western Australian Wheatbelt Tony Hughes-d'Aeth , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 45-69) Satellite images show a sharp line marking the end (or beginning) of the country cleared for farming in south-western Australia. It is the most visible clearance line on the planet and demarcates an area the size of Scotland from which, in the space of two generations, the native vegetation was almost entirely stripped. This chapter attempts to trace this far-reaching ecological event in the creative literatures of those generations, focussing on the inter-war years. (abstract taken from The Littoral Zone)
Nation and Environment in the Twentieth Century Novel Tony Hughes-d'Aeth , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel 2023;
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Last amended 8 Mar 2017 13:53:30
Subjects:
  • Western Australia,
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
Settings:
  • Western Australia,
  • 1907-1918
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