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From: The Prussian Officer and Other Stories[(essay date 1914) The following excerpt is the opening of “Odour of Chrysanthemums,” widely regarded as one of Lawrence’s most accomplished stories, written in 1909 and published by Ford Madox Ford in his journal The...
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From:Supernatural Literature (Vol. 2: Magic. )D. H. Lawrence “The Rocking-Horse Winner” (1926), a famous and frequently anthologized short story by British writer D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), is one part classic morality tale about the price of abusing psychic...
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From: The Symbolic Meaning: The Uncollected Versions of 'Studies in Classic American Literature'[Lawrence was a modern English novelist, poet, and essayist noted for his introduction of the themes of modern psychology to English fiction. In his lifetime, he was a controversial figure, both for the explicit...
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From: The Symbolic Meaning: The Uncollected Versions of Studies in Classic American Literature[Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, and essayist noted for his introduction of modern psychology to English fiction. In his lifetime he was considered controversial both for the explicit sexuality of his works and...
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From: Selected Literary Criticism[Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, critic, translator, and dramatist, who is known for his controversial and outspoken ideas on such topics such as religion, psychology, and sex. In...
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From: Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence[Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, and essayist who is noted for his introduction of the themes of modern psychology to English fiction. In his lifetime he was a controversial figure, both for the explicit...
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From: Bottom Dogs[(essay date 1929) In the following essay, originally published as the introduction to the 1929 British edition of Bottom Dogs, Lawrence identifies the central theme of the novel as "consciousness in a state of...
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From: Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence[In the following essay, Lawrence declares Tomlinson to be not a travel writer, but a writer exploring what Lawrence calls “coasts of illusion,” meaning travel by mind and soul to a world uncorrupted by disillusionment.]...
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From: Aspects of Modernism: From Wilde to Pirandello[(essay date 1935) In the following essay, which was originally published in 1935, Lavrin discusses the writings of the Russian thinker Vassily Rozanov and Weininger's Sex and Character, observing the influence of both...
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From: Letters to T. E. Lawrence[Garnett was a prominent editor for several London publishing houses, and discovered or greatly influenced the work of many important English writers, including Joseph Conrad, John Gals-worthy, and D. H. Lawrence. He...
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From:Reference Guide to English Literature (2nd ed.)Mark Schorer, in his D.H. Lawrence (1968), expressed the belief that in The Man Who Died—written just before Lawrence's death—Lawrence had said ``what he had almost all his life wanted to say.'' Blending eastern and...
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From: The Midwest Quarterly[In the following essay, Randolph examines the spiritual significance that Berdyaev attached to human creativity, using the work of American poet Robert Bly to exemplify Berdyaev's criteria for genuine creativity in...
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From: Poetry[(review date June 1965) In the following review of The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence, Rich suggests that this collection is essential to understanding the depth and breadth of Lawrence's significance as a major...
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From: D. H. Lawrence Review[(essay date Summer 1998) In the following essay, Balbert argues against Trilling's interpretation of D. H. Lawrence's Mr Noon.] "Is not the marriage bed a fiery battlefield as well as a perfect communion, both...
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From: Essays on Canadian Writing[(essay date summer 1993) In the following essay, Solecki compares the works of D. H. Lawrence to the works of Layton and poet Al Purdy in the context of Canadian literature.] We own the country we grow up in, or we...
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From: Southern Humanities Review[(review date Spring 2000) In the following review, Bolton finds Out of Sheer Rage "amusing and provocative," but concludes that "those seeking a keener understanding of Lawrence will be disappointed."] British...
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From:Novels for Students (Vol. 18. )Sons and Lovers is an example of a Bildungsroman, an autobiographical novel about the early years of a character's life, and that character's emotional and spiritual development. The term derives from German novels of...
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From: The Explicator[(essay date fall 1988) In the following essay, Thomas provides a line-by-line explication of Lawrence's poem, "After the Opera."] "After the Opera" Down the stone stairs Girls with their large eyes wide with tragedy...
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From: Essays in Literature[(essay date spring 1995) In the following essay, Diez-Medrano examines the function of the narrative voice and point of view in "Samson and Delilah," which she perceives to be a story about male violence against women.]...
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From: Journal of Modern Greek Studies[(essay date May 2004) In the following essay, Antonakes examines the Christ figures in Kazantzakis's The Last Temptation of Christ and The Greek Passion.] F. W. Dillistone, in his study, The Novelist and the Passion...