Myth, Memory and Misunderstanding: Irish-Australian Identity in Peter Carey's 'True History of the Kelly Gang'
In this text, Peter Carey creates a Ned Kelly at a far remove from the traditional heroic image of the outlaw. Carey's Kelly is a complex and problematical figure of struggling Irish-Australian identity, and the text explores the cultural dialogue between Ireland and Australia and the way that...
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University of Western Australia
2009-07-01
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| Series: | Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.archive.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/past_volumes/15/Pericic%2c_Kelly_Gang578c.pdf_%3b?f=252757 |