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'In recent years, in both Australia and Ireland, prominent authors have offered fictional reconsiderations of periods crucial to national consciousness and definition. In Australia, for example, Kate Grenville's work has generated considerable debate about the use of history in fiction, and about the responsibility of the fiction writer to accurately or authentically represent historical events, persons and periods. The project of recovering history and thereby uncovering the nation's past sins can also be identified in other contemporary novels by authors such as Gail Jones and Larissa Behrendt. In Ireland, Roddy Doyle, Joseph O'Connor and Sebastian Barry have been at the forefront of this historical analysis and deployment...' (From author's introduction, 187)
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187-206
Irish and Australian Historical Fiction
Subjects:
- The Lieutenant 2008 single work novel
- Sorry 2007 single work novel
- Home 2004 single work novel
- True History of the Kelly Gang 2000 single work novel
- The Secret River 2005 single work novel
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