"Lorenzo is an experience, not a classic" (Becker V). This quote, once uttered by John Middleton Murry, implies that D.H. Lawrence was more than just a modern writer. It implies that he is a type of literary tornado, sweeping one up, and twirling one about in a massive collection of novels, short stories, poems, and paintings until they've become one with the force that is D.H. Lawrence. Upon reading one of his works, it is easy to see why fans, scholars, and critics alike refer to D.H. Lawrence as the "Priest of Love".
D.H. Lawrence lived through some harrowing times. He faced trials, both literally and figuratively, but in the end he prevailed. His writings were groundbreaking at the time. He wrote openly about sex, something that was unheard of previously. All of his works (novels, paintings, poetry) have a prevailing sexual theme to them, he was criticized for them during his lifetime, and his works were censored more than 20 years after his death, well into the 1950s. .
Although there were some historically significant events going on during Lawrence's lifetime, he tended to not focus on them in his writings. Instead, he based his stories loosely around actual events in his life. This wasn't characteristic of the authors of his time, who tended to focus on events such as World War I. Although Lawrence lived a fairly uneventful life, his work exhibits a timelessness uncharacteristic of other writers from this time period. He experienced encounters and conflicts with the literary figures and hangers-on of his day, and his work continues to be controversial to this day (Draper 1).
David Herbert Lawrence was born on the 11th of September, 1885, in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. He was the fourth of five children of Arthur Lawrence, a coal miner who often spoke in dialect, and Lydia Beardsall, a former schoolteacher who spoke in the King's English (Buckley xi). Lawrence was born into a turbulent world.
Out of all the stories that we have read in class, I have chosen to analyze "The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence because of the relation of the story and my home life. ... D.H. ... There is a small pattern of secrets that Lawrence lays out for the reader. ... D.H. ...
Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence have some similarities in spite of living in different times. We can put them in three titles: sexuality, politic and society. But both of them criticised different themes. Virginia Woolf criticised men and D.H. Lawrence criticised humanity. When Vir...
What's the difference between lower class and middle class During childhood D.H Lawrence knew how it felt to live on the lower side of town, and younger generations has taken for granted education and social classes. D.H Lawrence was by far one the most contemporary authors of our time. ... Lawrence's mother, Lydia Beardsall Lawrence, was a former schoolteacher who had grown up in a higher social class than what her husband , Arthur Lawrence, who was a coal miner ( Gale par. 7). ... Lawrence was a sick child from birth ( Gale par. 7). ... What I've learned from reading "...
A passage from D.H Lawrence's, "The Rainbow," captures the true essence of a woman and manifests her desires amid living with satisfied men. ... Lawrences use of comparison aids in the development of the women's motives and her desires in life. ... Lawrence uses rhetorical question to emphasize the woman's eagerness and desire to acquire knowledge. ... In a 1915 passage from The Rainbow, D.H. Lawrence uses numerous literary strategies to help highlight the desires in women. ...
Final Conclusion 17 Literature 18 Introduction When we read "Sons and Lovers- in our seminar I was so impressed by the psychological awareness of D.H. ... In the first chapter I will start with a short glance at some important facts of D.H. ... Lawrence's Biographical Background To interpret D.H. ... The beginning of the Great War shocked D.H. ... Only this separation will probably enable them to marry at some time in the future. 2.2 Wounded' Beings As D.H. ...
D.H. Lawrence was a well-established writer and even now he has many fans. ... D.H. ... Lawrence felt that humans are trying to be more angelic than natural. ... Lawrence has not defined his poem by creating a rhythm or metre. ...
Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence is an amazingly well-crafted piece of fiction. ... It would seem that Lawrence felt there is a definite division between the intellectual and the sensual. ... Lawrence perpetuated the idea that people should embrace the sensualities of life. ... Through sexual adventure in Connie's affairs, D.H Lawrence covered his novel with the human being desire theme which is the hunting for the harmony of mind and body. ...
It is in this book where D.H. Lawrence explores probably for the first time the circumstances and conditions of his youth in order to set himself free of the shadows of the past. ... Yet in the end, facing the seduction of death, he turns around and walks towards the light in "the faintly humming, glowing town- (Lawrence, p.531) thus deciding to continue the path of his life, alone but free. ... Morel takes possession of her sons' lives, especially of Paul's (the counterpart of D.H. Lawrence). ...
