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The Life of Such is Life - A Cultural History of an Australian Classic (Paperback)
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The Life of Such is Life - A Cultural History of an Australian Classic (Paperback)
Series: Sydney Studies in Australian Literature
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Since its publication in 1903, Joseph Furphy's Such is Life has
become established as an Australian classic. But which version of
the novel is the authoritative text, and what does its history
reveal about Australian cultural life?From Furphy's handwritten
manuscript through numerous editions, a controversial abridgement
for the British market (condemned by A.D. Hope as a "mutilation"),
and periods of obscurity and rediscovery, the text has been
reshaped and repackaged by many hands. Furphy's first editors at
the Bulletin diluted his socialist message and "corrected" his
Australian slang to create a more marketable book. Later, literary
players including Vance and Nettie Palmer, Miles Franklin, Kate
Baker and Angus & Robertson all took an interest in how
Furphy's work should be published.In a fascinating piece of
literary detective work, Osborne traces the book's journey and
shows how economic and cultural forces helped to shape the novel we
read today.
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