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" Fabulating beauty : "
edited by Andreas Gaile.
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BL
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954537
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b708907
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Fabulating beauty : : perspectives on the fiction of Peter Carey /\ edited by Andreas Gaile.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam :: Rodopi,, 2005.
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Cross/cultures,; 78
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1 online resource (xxxv, 438 pages)
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1423789008
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: 9401202745
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: 9781423789000
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: 9789401202749
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9042019565
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9789042019560
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Table of Contents; Preface: Framing Peter Carey; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: THE WRITER AND HIS WORK; PART II: ASPECTS AND OVERVIEWS; PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON INDIVIDUAL FICTIONS; Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index.
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Peter Carey is one of Australia's finest creative writers, much admired by both literary critics and a worldwide reading public. While academia has been quick to see his fictions as exemplars of postcolonial and postmodern writing strategies, his general readership has been captivated by his deadpan sense of humour, his quirky characters, the outlandish settings and the grotesqueries of his intricate plots. After three decades of prolific writing and multiple award-winning, Carey stands out in the world of Australian letters as designated heir to Patrick White. Fabulating Beauty pays tribute t.
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Carey, Peter,1943-Criticism and interpretation.
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Carey, Peter,1943-
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Australian literature-- History and criticism.
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Australian literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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823/.914
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PR9619.3.C36Z58 2005eb
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Gaile, Andreas.
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