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Issue Details: First known date: 1966... 1966 The Broad Arrow - A Re-Appraisal
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This first substantial discussion of The Broad Arrow highlights melodramatic formulae that often produce "excessive emphasis" on some details at the expense of others. Poole concludes that the main interest of the novel lies in the possibility that Marcus Clarke read it before writing His Natural Life.

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    y separately published work icon Southerly vol. 26 no. 2 1966 Z597651 1966 periodical issue 1966 pg. 117-124
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