The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

ISBN 978-1-86478-053-6

The smartstudy® English guide to Thomas Keneally’s The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith explores this masterpiece of Australian fiction. Based on the real-life nineteenth century Aboriginal Australian, Jimmy Governor, Keneally’s novel explores the racial divide in Australia highlighting a number of significant racial, political, religious and social issues impacting on colonial society at the time of Federation.

Key Features:

• notes about the author/director/poet/playwright
• an overview of the historical and cultural context
• chapter/scene/story summaries
• character profiles
• analysis of themes and genres
• critical perspectives of the text
• key quotations
• focus questions in each section
• marginal notes explaining key passages, ideas, terms and characters
• a guide to planning and writing an essay
• a sample essay with annotations
• further exam-style essay questions
• a bibliography and further reading section

$16.95

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