Australian melodramas : Thomas Keneally's fiction
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Pierce, Peter, 1950-
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PR9619.3.K46 Z85 1995
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LC Subjects
Australia -- In literature.
Keneally, Thomas -- Criticism and interpretation.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Australia. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Keneally, Thomas. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJx4qxXFQkTywWbqVtt3Qq
Literature.
Other Subjects
Australie -- Dans la littérature.
Keneally, Thomas.

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Book
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xvi, 202 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198).
Description
This first comprehensive critical study of Keneally's work concentrates on his many novels, but covers plays and nonfiction as well. It also analyses the vexed and often bitter academic reception that Keneally has endured, which in turn illuminates crucial aspects of Australian cultural history, not least as regards the Aborigines and the republican movement. Thomas Keneally is the writer most attuned to the melodramatic temper and genius of Australian literary culture. His characters inhabit a world where moral bearings have been lost, the innocent are preyed upon by the malevolent, and dichotomies are ruthlessly insisted upon - between Europeans and Aborigines, English and Irish, convicts and gaolers, rich and poor. In the agitated and polarised terrain of Keneally's fiction, moral choices are extreme matters, the fates of individuals and of nations lie in perpetual jeopardy.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Pierce, P. (1995). Australian melodramas: Thomas Keneally's fiction . University of Queensland Press ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pierce, Peter, 1950-. 1995. Australian Melodramas: Thomas Keneally's Fiction. St Lucia, Qld., Australia : Portland, Or.: University of Queensland Press ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pierce, Peter, 1950-. Australian Melodramas: Thomas Keneally's Fiction St Lucia, Qld., Australia : Portland, Or.: University of Queensland Press ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services, 1995.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Pierce, P. (1995). Australian melodramas: thomas keneally's fiction. St Lucia, Qld., Australia : Portland, Or.: University of Queensland Press ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Pierce, Peter. Australian Melodramas: Thomas Keneally's Fiction University of Queensland Press ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services, 1995.

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