Vexilla Regis Prodeunt: Myth and Allusion in Out of Ireland
Abstract
Examines the use of literary allusions by Koch, and his search for a spiritual ‘otherland’, and focuses on the dialectic between Hell and Paradise, damnation and salvation in the novel.
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Published 1 May 2001 in Volume 20 No. 1. Subjects: Characterisation, Criminals, Ireland, Metaphors, Myths & legends, Tasmania, Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Christopher Koch.
Cite as: Henricksen, Noel. ‘Vexilla Regis Prodeunt: Myth and Allusion in Out of Ireland.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, 2001, doi: 10.20314/als.7d56303da9.