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:	9780719067983
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	11/13/2003
Series:	Contemporary World Writers
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.49(d)

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