Dispossessed

ISBN 978-1-86478-072-7

The smartstudy® English guide to Dispossessed analyses the characters, themes and poetic style of Philip Hodgins’ verse novella. Dispossessed is a “tale of modern rural Australia”. It describes a desperate few weeks in the life of a family about to be evicted from their farm in country Victoria. As well as being dispossessed by the bank, the family are tragically, in the end, dispossessed of each other.

This guide includes:

• 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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