Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 'Going Double': Exploring Contradictions of Australianness in Christopher Koch's Out of Ireland (1999)
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Gaile begins by highlighting works published in the 1990s and the early 21st century that have resulted in putting 'Irishness back onto the public and academic agenda' in Australia. He then focuses on one of the main themes of Christopher Koch's Out of Ireland, 'the all-encompassing duality motif'. Gaile examines Koch's treatment of English-Irish relations in Australia and analyses how Koch 'handles the controversy between these two opposing forces in an antipodean context' with particular emphasis on the 'hell vs. paradise' opposition depicted through the novel's Tasmanian setting.

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  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, settings, tropes or themes.

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    y separately published work icon Antipodes vol. 16 no. 2 December 2002 Z1057864 2002 periodical issue 2002 pg. 151-156
    Note: Includes bibliography.
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