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Rosenberg compares Robbery Under Arms with Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and attempts to demonstrate the symbolic action of the former. Rosenberg discusses the Hollow as a symbolic prison and the horse as a symbol of freedom.
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Dick the Poet : 'Allegorical Tendencies' in Robbery under Arms
2012
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— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 41-45) 'Rolf Boldrewood's novel Robbery Under Arms is known for its action, adventure and frank depiction of life in Australia during the gold rush. It is also known for its didacticism, which critics tend to find disagreeable (Green 257; Rosenberg 488; Dowsley 75; Turner 240). Despite this recognition, the scholarship that explores the novel's didactic nature is limited to religious scholars like Veronica Brady, who suggests that Dick's narrative represents a surrender to cultural norms rather than an allegory symbolizing a genuine spiritual transformation (41). This paper, however, seeks to create a new discussion that will draw out the Christian-centered 'allegorical tendencies' in Robbery Under Arms.' (Author's introduction)
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Dick the Poet : 'Allegorical Tendencies' in Robbery under Arms
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 41-45) 'Rolf Boldrewood's novel Robbery Under Arms is known for its action, adventure and frank depiction of life in Australia during the gold rush. It is also known for its didacticism, which critics tend to find disagreeable (Green 257; Rosenberg 488; Dowsley 75; Turner 240). Despite this recognition, the scholarship that explores the novel's didactic nature is limited to religious scholars like Veronica Brady, who suggests that Dick's narrative represents a surrender to cultural norms rather than an allegory symbolizing a genuine spiritual transformation (41). This paper, however, seeks to create a new discussion that will draw out the Christian-centered 'allegorical tendencies' in Robbery Under Arms.' (Author's introduction)
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Cultural Symbolism in "Robbery Under Arms"
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