‘The Fact, and the Crucial Significance, of Desire’: Lawrence's ‘Virgin and the Gipsy’
To examine a work of art from the perspective of the surrogate victim and its attendant mechanism is to consider it in terms of collective violence and to attempt to discover what the work omits as much - if not more - as what it includes. That is surely an essential first step in any critical ventu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1985
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English
Year: 1985, Volume: 34, Issue: 149, Pages: 131-156 |
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Lawrence, D. H (1885-1930)
B Girard, René (1923-2015) B Desire |
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| Summary: | To examine a work of art from the perspective of the surrogate victim and its attendant mechanism is to consider it in terms of collective violence and to attempt to discover what the work omits as much - if not more - as what it includes. That is surely an essential first step in any critical venture. Yet at first glance the task may seem futile; any practical application to literature seems destined to end in broad generalities and esoteric abstractions. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-1124 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/english/34.149.131 |