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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Peter Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Miles Franklin Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Maggs (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercy Larkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobias Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780702228780 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Great Expectations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredByAuthor | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Australian literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
intertextuality
ⓘ
multiple perspectives ⓘ revisionist retelling ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | convict benefactor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jack Maggs (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publisher | University of Queensland Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reimaginesWork | Great Expectations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subvertsWork | Great Expectations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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