Australian writer Peter Carey (born 1943) won over twelve awards and received two major award nominations for his works of fiction (short stories, novels, and film adaptations) between 1981-1994. Care...
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Peter Carey is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished and successful Australian novelists of recent decades and is one of a handful--along with Thomas Keneally, David Malouf, and Tim Wint...
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In the following essay, Hassall examines the differences between Jack Maggs's characterization in Jack Maggs with the character of Magwitch in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations.
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In the following review, Kermode praises Carey's tightly controlled plot and imaginative ideas in Jack Maggs.
According to its dust-jacket, Jack Maggs is ‘by the author of Oscar and L...
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In the following review, Eder describes Jack Maggs as a brilliantly written novel, likening Carey's text to a work Charles Dickens might have written if he were not constrained by the social mo...
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In the following review, Allen provides a favorable assessment of Jack Maggs and offers insights to the novel's underlying message.
The question of how much or how little “real life&#...
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In the following review, Miller contends that Carey's purpose for writing Jack Maggs is to refute the stereotypical portrayal of Australia as a land of criminals and brutes.
Peter Carey firs...
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In the following essay, Ross offers a laudatory review of Jack Maggs and analyzes the novel along with Carey's other works in terms of the political, social, and cultural issues Australia faces...
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In the following review, Hensher appreciates the control Carey employs while writing the characters in Jack Maggs but argues that Carey's abrupt prose style clashes with the subtlety of Charles...
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In the following interview, Carey discusses the works of Charles Dickens, his inspiration for writing Jack Maggs, and the impact writing has on his life.
[Koval]: When I read Jack Maggs, I thought,...
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Peter Carey
Peter Carey
Critical Essay by Anthony J. Hassall
