bony as Grotesque: The Dilemma of National Identity in Arthur Upfield's Bony Series, 1930-1950

Authors

  • Glen Ross The University of Southern Queensland

Keywords:

Arthur Upfield, detective fiction, grotesque

Abstract

A reading of Upfield's detective series in terms of James Donald's idea of the 'grotesque', shifting between idealised national type and their 'degenerate low Others'.

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Published

2013-01-24

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1996: Current Tensions: Proceedings of the 18th Annual conference 6-11 July 1996

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bony as Grotesque: The Dilemma of National Identity in Arthur Upfield’s Bony Series, 1930-1950. (2013). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 152-158. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/9482