Reading the Three as One: Such is Life in 1897

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  • Julian Croft University of New England

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Joseph Furphy Such is Life

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to read the original 1897 Such is Life from what remains in accessible printed form. It is argued that the 1897 version differs markedly from the 1903 version in three ways: location, argument, and the character of Tom Collins. The conclusion is that it was neither a ‘bush epic’ nor a ‘proto-modernist text’, but closer to a nineteenth-century urban comedy of manners.

Author Biography

  • Julian Croft, University of New England
    Emeritus Professor of English, University of New England, Australia

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Published

2013-06-28

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2013): Joseph Furphy Centenary Issue

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