D. H. Lawrence and the Trembling Balance - Tapa dura

Cowan, James

 
9780271006925: D. H. Lawrence and the Trembling Balance
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ISBN 10: 0271006927 ISBN 13: 9780271006925
Editorial: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990

Sinopsis

The "trembling balance" in Lawrence's work, considered either as theoretical system or in its phenomenological form, is characterized by the dynamic qualities of interrelatedness and flux. Cowan shows that, in Lawrence's conception, the dynamic experience of life's quickness necessarily involves giving up static equilibrium in the ebb and flow of human consciousness between self and other, bringing about a sequence of stability, instability, resilience, and creative change.

Lawrence's conception of art as a recreation of the "trembling balance" of life is explored in his treatment of the figure of the artist in a number of his major novels. Because his conception of art is biologically based, Lawrence locates the aesthetic balance he seeks to establish between blood consciousness and spiritual consciousness firmly in the body, most often in the imagery of the male body. Lawrence identifies with Melville, who was for him an example of the "true artist" as myth-maker, reconciling Christian and pagan consciousness in an organic symbolism rooted in unconscious experience. Cowan provides a critical study of Lawrence's dualism, dealing with ideas and issues that were intensely personal for Lawrence.

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Acerca del autor

James C. Cowan is Adjunct Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was the founder and editor of The D. H. Lawrence Review and author of D. H. Lawrence's American Journey: A Study in Literature and Myth (1970) and compiler and editor of D. H. Lawrence: An Annotated Bibliography of Writings about Him, Volumes I and II (1985).

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Editorial
Pennsylvania State University Press
Año de publicación
1990
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0271006927
ISBN 13 
9780271006925
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Número de páginas
320
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