True history of the Kelly gang

True history of the Kelly gang

by Peter Carey

2000
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"True History of Kelly Gang is the song of Australia, and it sings its protest in a voice at once crude and delicate, menacing and heart-wrenching. Carey gives us Ned Kelly as orphan, as Oedipus, as horse thief, farmer, bushranger, reformer, bank-robber, police-killer and, finally, as his country's beloved Robin Hood.". "In 1878 Francis Harty, a poor farmer, said, 'Ned Kelly is the best bloody man that has ever been in Benalla, I would fight up to my knees in blood for him - I have known him for years, I would take his word sooner than another man's oath'.". "By the time of his hanging in 1880 a whole country would seem to agree - and it is a measure of Peter Carey's achievement that he has not only made art from his country's great story but that he persuades us all to understand the true measure of that 'best bloody man'."--BOOK JACKET.

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    How does Peter Carey’s unique use of language—specifically the absence of standard punctuation and the use of idiosyncratic grammar—shape your perception of Ned Kelly as both a rough-hewn outlaw and a sensitive artist?

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    The novel is framed as a manuscript written by Ned for his unborn daughter. How does this intended audience influence the way Ned justifies his actions and shapes his own legacy?

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    Ned’s mother, Ellen Kelly, exerts a powerful, often destructive influence over his life and choices. How do you view her role in shaping Ned into the outlaw he became, and how does Carey portray the complexities of maternal love in a harsh environment?

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