Peter Carey

by Bruce Woodcock, John Thieme (Editor)

Overview

This is a revised and expanded edition of Woodcock's accessible study, now including detailed readings of Carey's latest novels, 'Jack Maggs' and 'True History of the Kelly Gang'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847795151
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	07/19/2013
Series:	Contemporary World Writers
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Bruce Woodcock is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Hull

Table of Contents

Ackowledgements

Series Editor's Foreword

Chronology

1. Contexts and intertexts

2. The stories

3. Bliss (1981)

4. Illywhacker (1985)

5. Oscar and Lucinda (1988)

6. The Tax Inspector (1991)

7. The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1994) and The Big Bazoohley (1995)

8. Jack Maggs (1997)

9. True History of the Kelly Gang (2001)

10. Critical overview and conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index