Big-Noting: The Heroic Theme In Australian Writing (1992) By Robin Gerster
 
Winner of the Age Book of the Year Award for 1988. Scholarly survey of the Australian war mythology. Examines the tendency in Australian war writing towards promoting nationalistic sentiment and ideals and perhaps at times even going so far as to manipulate military events/persons for the propagation of political, cultural or philosophical doctrine. Central to the theme is the aggrandizement of the Digger as a national hero.
 
Soft Cover
294 pages
In Fair to Good Condition