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Dedication: Dedicated To the commercial pilots of the world's air-lines, who carry passengers and mails in safety from temperate to tropic zones,through blizzard and monsoon, in fair weather and foul, punctual and polite - the Pioneers
of Progress.
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Armchair Tourism : The Popularity of Australian Travel WritingRichard White,
2012single work criticism — Appears in:
Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers2012;(p. 182-202)'Richard White examines the 'uneasy relationship' between the genre of travel writing and the notions of the popular. He considers the way in which 'Australian travel writers negotiated the pitfalls of popularity' and argues that 'a number of Australian writers broke with these conventions and willingly embraced the popular.' He takes Frank Clune and Colin Simpson as case studies to examine how their writing courted a popular mass market in Australia and created a genre where ordinary tourist was hero.' (Editor's foreword xiv)
Armchair Tourism : The Popularity of Australian Travel WritingRichard White,
2012single work criticism — Appears in:
Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers2012;(p. 182-202)'Richard White examines the 'uneasy relationship' between the genre of travel writing and the notions of the popular. He considers the way in which 'Australian travel writers negotiated the pitfalls of popularity' and argues that 'a number of Australian writers broke with these conventions and willingly embraced the popular.' He takes Frank Clune and Colin Simpson as case studies to examine how their writing courted a popular mass market in Australia and created a genre where ordinary tourist was hero.' (Editor's foreword xiv)
