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UNINA9910254765103321 |
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McQuilton John |
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The Empire's Patriotic Fund : Public Benevolence and the Boer War in an Australian Colony / / by John McQuilton |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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1 online resource (IX, 131 p.) |
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Australasia |
History |
Military history |
Imperialism |
Social history |
Africa - History |
Australian History |
Military History |
Imperialism and Colonialism |
Social History |
African History |
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Monografia |
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1 Introduction: Private Benevolence -- 2 The Empire's Patriotic Fund -- 3 Assisting a "noble cause" -- 4 "Machinery and methods" -- 5 A Changing Focus: The Invalided Men -- 6 Soldiers' Wives Can Starve -- 7 Mothers, Sisters, Guardians and Fathers -- 8 Spite, Ire and a Sense of Entitlement -- 9 Taking Advantage of the Public's Generosity? -- 10 Conclusion -- Appendix "Suitable Recompense"? -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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This book examines the Empire's Patriotic Fund, established in Victoria, Australia, in 1901 to assist the dependants of the men serving war in the Boer War and the men invalided home because of wounds or illness. |
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Acting as an autonomous body and drawing on funds raised through a public appeal, its work marked one of the first attempts in Australia to deal with the consequences of Australian participation in a sustained war. This is the first full study of an Australian fund established to support those affected by a sustained war being fought for Empire by Australians. Rather than casting those affected by war as victims, John McQuilton examines how a body of middle class men attempted to come to grips with an experience that lay outside prevailing notions of social welfare. Based on applications submitted to the Empire's Patriotic Fund where both class and gender played their roles, this book opens up further study of such funds and the question of antecedents in the history of repatriation in Australia in the early twentieth century. . |
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UNINA9910959065803321 |
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Autore |
Parini Jay |
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Titolo |
Why poetry matters / / Jay Parini |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008 |
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9781299464063 |
1299464068 |
9780300145250 |
030014525X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Poetry |
Poetry - Study and teaching |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p [183]-189) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Defending Poetry -- 2. Language -- 3. The Personal Voice -- 4. The Way of Metaphor -- 5. Tradition and Originality -- 6. Form and Freedom -- 7. The Politics of Poetry -- 8. A Natural World -- 9. Divine Parameters: A Reading of Four Quartets -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Credits |
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Poetry doesn't matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. By the end of the book, Parini has recovered a truth often obscured by our clamorous culture: without poetry, we live only partially, not fully conscious of the possibilities that life affords. Poetry indeed matters. A gifted poet and acclaimed teacher, Parini begins by looking at defenses of poetry written over the centuries. He ponders Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus, and moves on through Sidney, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, and others. Parini examines the importance of poetic voice and the mysteries of metaphor. He argues that a poet's originality depends on a deep understanding of the traditions of political poetry, nature poetry, and religious poetry. Writing with a casual grace, Parini avoids jargon and makes his case in concise, direct terms: the mind of the poet supplies a light to the minds of others, kindling their imaginations, helping them to live their lives. The author's love of poetry suffuses this insightful book-a volume for all readers interested in a fresh introduction to the art that lies at the center of Western civilization. |
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