Thomas Keneally's Career and the Literary Machine Sharrad Paul
Thomas Keneally is known as a best-selling novelist and public figure in his Australian homeland and has also managed a transnational career. He is, however, something of a conundrum in being…
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Thomas Keneally is known as a best-selling novelist and public figure in his Australian homeland and has also managed a transnational career. He is, however, something of a conundrum in being regularly disparaged by critics and often failing to meet expectations of sales. 'Thomas Keneally's Career and the Literary Machine' explains some of the reasons behind such disparities, focusing in part on his deliberate transition from high-style modernist to 'journeyman' entertainer while continuing to write across both modes.Reactions to this shift have been framed by critical and cultural investments, and by an idea of the literary career common to both high literary and popular taste. This study examines the complex network that is a career, considering personality traits, authorial agency, agents, editors and shifts in publishing from colonial control to multinational corporations.
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