The Visionary D. H. Lawrence: Beyond Philosophy and Art - Hardcover

Montgomery, Robert E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521452139 ISBN 13: 9780521452137

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Lawrence's work is placed in the context of developments in the tradition of Romantic poet-philosophers and visionary thinkers. Robert E. Montgomery shows how Lawrence reacted to the work of Nietzsche, Heraclitus and Jacob Boehme, where he found ideas similar to his own and precedents for his attempts to evolve a new mode of prophetic-poetical-philosophical discourse, and how Lawrence's place in the visionary tradition differs from that of contemporaries Eliot and Yeats. The result is an exploration of the complex vision that informs and unifies Lawrence's work.

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Book Description:

Lawrence's work is placed in the context of a tradition of visionary poet-philosophers including Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Carlyle and Emerson. Robert E. Montgomery shows how Lawrence reacted to the ideas of his predecessors, and identifies Lawrence's place in the visionary tradition, exploring the complex vision that informs and unifies Lawrence's work.

Review:

"...provides us with a history of ideas behind Lawrence's texts, and encourages us to make our own further connections between Lawrence and his 'parallel' minds. The prose, given the complexity of the subject matter, is on the whole clear and compelling....The Visionary D.H. Lawrence is a useful companion piece for our readings of Lawrence's works." Judith Ruderman, English Literature in Transition

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521452139
• ISBN 13: 9780521452137
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258