Jack Maggs

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Jack Maggs is a historical novel by Peter Carey that reimagines and subverts the story of Dickens’s "Great Expectations" from the perspective of the convict benefactor.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Peter Carey ⓘ
awardReceived Miles Franklin Award ⓘ
awardReceivedYear 1998 ⓘ
centralTheme class ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
crime and punishment ⓘ
exile ⓘ
identity ⓘ
power of storytelling ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
focusesOn convict benefactor of Great Expectations ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
postmodern fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Edward Constable ⓘ
Jack Maggs (character) ⓘ
linked to: Jack Maggs

Mercy Larkin ⓘ
Tobias Oates ⓘ
hasISBN 9780702228780 ⓘ
inspiredBy Great Expectations ⓘ
inspiredByAuthor Charles Dickens ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary Australian literature ⓘ
literaryTechnique intertextuality ⓘ
multiple perspectives ⓘ
revisionist retelling ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective convict benefactor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonist Jack Maggs (character) ⓘ
linked to: Jack Maggs
publicationYear 1997 ⓘ
publisher University of Queensland Press ⓘ
reimaginesWork Great Expectations ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th century ⓘ
settingPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
subvertsWork Great Expectations ⓘ

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Peter Carey → notableWork → Jack Maggs ⓘ
Jack Maggs → protagonist → Jack Maggs (character) ⓘ
linked to: Jack Maggs
Jack Maggs → hasCharacter → Jack Maggs (character) ⓘ
linked to: Jack Maggs