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Alternative title:
Commonwealth : Essays and Studies
Issue Details:
First known date:
2001...
vol.
24
no.
1
Autumn
2001
of
Commonwealth
est. 1974
Commonwealth
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Title of this issue: Biography, Autobiography and Fiction
Contents
* Contents derived from the 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Frank Moorhouse and the 'Oscillation' between Biography, Autobiography and Fiction : Reconciling Contradictions, single work criticism (p. 53-60)
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The Novelist as Ventriloquist : Autobiography and Fiction in Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang,
single work
criticism
True History of the Kelly Gang marks a significant departure in Peter Carey's fictional practice: it is the only narrative in which we are supposed to hear the authentic voice of a genuine historical figure. The novel, as the very title suggests, gives pride of place to reality effects. The sustained use of such effects makes the novel a real tour de force. But it also raises many questions about the novelist's craft. It carries realism to such an extreme that it deconstructs itself. The paper examines the various reality effects used by Carey, such as the historicity of the characters and events, the mimetism of the language, narrative structure and even typography, etc. It then goes on to relate them to the fictional nature of the book, and tries to make sense of the uneasy tension between those two poles. (Author's abstract, 61)
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