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Paul Morel's intellectual progress in D.H Lawrences Sons and Lovers.

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:15:08 PST

Paul Morel's intellectual progress in D.H Lawrences Sons and Lovers.

Yes, the story of Paul Morel is based on D. H. Lawrence's own life. The...

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:21:41 PST

Yes, the story of Paul Morel is based on D. H. Lawrence's own life. The eNotes essay "Lawrence's Novel as a Bildungsroman" (linked below) discusses how the author uses the fictional Morel to explore the difficulties of negotiating the "the pull of family and culture to cultivate his individuality." See also the other eNotes articles below.

Is the character Paul Morel in Sons and Lovers based on the life of the...

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:19:46 PST

Some of Lawrence’s topics, including son-mother relationships,...

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:38:18 PST

Some of Lawrence’s topics, including son-mother relationships, women-women relationships, and of course men-women relationships, seem to beg for either a psychological approach or a feminist approach--or both--to understand how he treats these issues. Sometimes these critical approaches overlap. As for feminist criticism, in The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir argues that Lawrence exemplifies patriarchal thought and practice in his claim that...

I am not sure if Lawrence could be considered a "decadence" pioneer, as...

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:37:31 PST

I am not sure if Lawrence could be considered a "decadence" pioneer, as he came rather late to the movement but he certainly was attracted to some of it. By the early 20th century modernism was replacing decadence and Lawrence too moved away from the earlier style I have a really good book on Lawrence called "The Choice" and fortunately I just discovered some blurbs about it online. The work is called "The Vital Art of D.H. Lawrence" and in...

What is the recommended critical approach to apply when studying D. H....

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:17:56 PST

I wonder if Lawrence is a pioneer of Decadence which flourished at the turn of the twentieth century or just simply an author who sheds some more light on the unconscious.