SOURCE: “Proserpina and Pluto, Ariadne and Bacchus: Myth in Patrick White's ‘Dead Roses,’” in Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, May, 1981, pp. 111-14.
In the following review, Nelson asserts that “Dead Roses” is one of the best works in The Burnt Ones and shows how White uses myth to add comedy to the story.
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