Apocalypse (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1931
- Type of Work: Essay
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Symbolism, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Revelation, Planets, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, End of the world, Animals, Universe, Numerals
Form and Content
Apocalypse is an interpretation of the symbolism of Revelation, the last book of the Bible. D. H. Lawrence developed an interest in apocalyptic symbolism during the last eight years of his life, as can be seen from his correspondence with the painter and mystic Frederick Carter. Apocalypse was originally intended as an introduction to Carter’s book, The Dragon of the Alchemists (1926), which Lawrence had read in manuscript in 1923. Lawrence wrote to Carter in 1929, “I want very much to put into the world again the big old pagan vision,...
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