Rewriting history: Peter Carey's fictional biography of Australia
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Main Author: Gaile, Andreas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Rodopi 2010
Series:Costerus 184
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299}-340) and index
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One -- Theoretical Premises; Chapter One Rewriting History: Theoretical Premises; Part Two -- Theorizing Carey's Fictional Biography; Chapter Two After the Grand Narratives: From History to Mythistory; Chapter Three Strategies of an Illywhacker (I): Replacing the Truth-Paradigm with a "Weaseling Kind of 'Truth'"; Chapter Four Strategies of an Illywhacker (II): Transcending Historical Reality; Chapter Five Strategies of an Illywhacker (III): Telling History as Story
Peter Carey is one of the most richly awarded and critically acclaimed novelists of the present day. Most of his fictions relate to questions of Australian history and identity. Rewriting History argues that taken together Carey's novels make up a
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (348 pages)
ISBN:9042030712
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