Dec 22, 2009
The significance of travel in the writings of D.H. Lawrence often seems to reflect the author’s sense of values; the troubled internal struggles of itinerant protagonists frequently seem related to the restless, wandering existence that marked much of the author’s later career. In many ways, as well, the peculiar ideals espoused by some of his leading characters may have been derived from the writer’s quest for exotic and primordial antecedents to modern mores in locations where traces of older cultures could still be found. Lawrence’s compact...
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