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Journal Article
The Shield of Distance: Fearful Borders at the Edge of the World
2009
Overview
For many years, sections of Australian literature have competed with utopian impressions of the country by displaying a fear that often manifests itself in apocalyptic renderings of landscape and life. At work in many of these texts is a contradiction that seemingly rejects fears by asserting the popular belief of Australia as a \"lucky country,\" isolated from the rest of the world's problems by geography, while at the same time constantly undermining this notion by showing that complacency and optimism can prove unfounded and false, and may very well lead to catastrophe and disaster. Here, Weaver examines the tension between security and fear by focusing on Nevil Shute's novel On the Beach, a key text that demonstrates the idea of the nation's vulnerability to the outside world.
