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'This paper investigates the ways in which Peter Carey manifests the corrupt attractiveness of contemporary consumer societies. ... His novels are satires on the comprehensive dreams and visions of twentieth-century corporate capitalism. In Carey's writing we deal with the notion of cultural imperialism. ... Carey's fiction can be considered a critique and at the same time an ironic celebration of consumer hysteria.' (169-170)
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Peter Carey's Novels : Critique or Ironic Celebration of Consumer Society
The Commonwealth Review
The Commonwealth Review
Subjects:
- Bliss 1981 single work novel
- Illywhacker 1985 single work novel
- Oscar and Lucinda 1988 single work novel
- The Tax Inspector 1991 single work novel
- The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith 1994 single work novel
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