An Irish Conflict in Bring Larks and Heroes

Abstract

Discusses the novel’s historical sources and implications (Irish and Australian) and the complexities of the relationship between the two main characters, Phelim Halloran and Robert Hearn in Thomas Keneally's novel Bring Larks and Heroes.

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Published 1 October 1976 in Volume 7 No. 4. Subjects: Characterisation, Tom Keneally.

Cite as: Molloy, F. C.. ‘An Irish Conflict in Bring Larks and Heroes.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 7, no. 4, 1976, doi: 10.20314/als.0c572f8aa0.