摘要：In what follows I attempt to trace some aspects (few in number, but many-sided, perhaps) of Nietzsche’s presence in Australian literature, The paper began life as something quite limited, as an intended brief consideration of the possibly Nietzschean aspects of Patrick White’s representation of Leichhardt in Voss . But as I started to explore the topic, I became aware of its potential dimensions, far exceeding those of a short paper ; it became quite clear, above all, that Nietzsche is in fact one of the essential reference-points of Australian literature as a whole, not merely a locally relevant ’source’ for this or that writer. Moreover, he began to appear to be so in such a complex and confusing way that I felt that to say anything even moderately useful about recent or contemporary manifestations of his impact it would be necessary to go back a long way and try to sort out a number of tangled threads of fact, myth and ideology.
其他摘要：This article traces some aspects of Nietzsche's presence in Australian culture and literature, following its evolving, ambiguous influence through different texts, from dubious vulgarizations full of misogyny, xenophobia and racism - like John Fearn's This Love Business - to masterpieces of Australian literature like Patrick White's Voss.
