D.H. Lawrence, Travel and Cultural Difference

by N. Roberts

Overview

This study of Lawrence's travel writings is the first book-length study to approach the subject with reference to contemporary post-colonial theory. Focusing on the writings of 1921-25, the period when Lawrence was most intensely engaged in travel, it includes chapters on Sea and Sardinia, Kangaroo, The Plumed Serpent and the essays and stories inspired by Lawrence's experience of the New World.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403900692
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/17/2004
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	195
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

NEIL ROBERTS is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of critical studies of George Eliot, Ted Hughes, Peter Redgrave, George Meredith and narrative in contemporary poetry. He is also the Editor of A Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Lawrence's Travels and Writings: A Chronology Introduction 'Outside the Circuit of Civilisation: Sea and Sardinia ' Kangaroo and the Narrative of Contingency Lawrence and Native Americans Journeys of Dangerous Desire: 'The Woman Who Rode Away' and 'The Princess' From Quetzalcoatl to The Plumed Serpent Postscript: 'Mornings in Mexico' Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'...invaluable to the postcolonial discourse to which Lawrence is becoming more accessible'. - Tennu Mbuh, The Journal of the English Association

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