Peter Carey

By (author) Bruce Woodcock

Publication date:

13 November 2003

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Dimensions:

198x129mm

ISBN-13: 9780719067983

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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'.

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