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The Rocking-Horse Winner, D. H. Lawrence - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Criticism

Amon, Frank. "D.H. Lawrence and the Short Story." In The Achievement of D.H. Lawrence, pp. 222-34. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953.

Discusses symbolism and similarities in structure between "The Rocking-Horse Winner" and traditional fables.

Holland, Norman N. "Myth." In The Dynamics of Literary Response, pp. 255-58. New York: Columbia University Press, 1989.

Considers myth and the absence of a feeling of resonance in "The Rocking-Horse Winner."

Rohrberger, Mary. "D.H. Lawrence: The Rocking-Horse Winner'." In Hawthorne and the Modern Short Story: A Study in Genre, pp. 74-80. The Hague: Mouton & Co., 1966.

Examines how character, setting, and action serve as symbols in the story and how they are used, along with the rocking-horse, "to direct meaning."

Additional coverage of Lawrence's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale...

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