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Title: PETER CAREY
A LITERARY COMPANION
By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0786441526
ISBN 13: 9780786441525
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Publisher: MCFARLAND & CO INC
Pub. date: 12 January, 2010
Pages: 354
Description: Deeply concerned with South Pacific culture, especially the lives of its most downtrodden citizens, the author uses popular art as a tool for raising the consciousness of readers. This book provides an introduction to the author's life, as well as a guided overview of his body of work.
Synopsis: Peter Carey, writer of such celebrated works as "Oscar and Lucinda", the "True History of the Kelly Gang", and "His Illegal Self", is one of Australia's most critically acclaimed novelists. Deeply concerned with South Pacific culture, especially the lives of its most downtrodden citizens, Carey uses popular art as a tool for raising the consciousness of readers. This book provides an introduction to the author's life, as well as a guided overview of his body of work. Designed for the fan and scholar alike, this text features an alphabetized, fully-annotated listing of major terms in the Carey canon, including fictional characters, motifs, historical events, and themes. Additional features include a listing of headwords, a Carey history, 44 reading and writing topics, and bibliographies of primary and secondary sources. A comprehensive index is included.
Illustrations: bibliographies, index
Publication: US
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Returns: Non-returnable
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