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D. H. Lawrence's Language of Sacred Experience: The Transfiguration of the Reader

D. H. Lawrence's Language of Sacred Experience: The Transfiguration of the Reader

Burack, C.

Paperback

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1349530670
ISBN13: 9781349530670
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 15 2005
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book demonstrates how D.H. Lawrence's prophetic ambitions impelled him to create novels that would radically transform the consciousness of his readers. Charles Burack argues that Lawrence's major novels, beginning with The Rainbow, are structured as religious initiation rites that attempt to break down the reader's normative mindset and to evoke new, numinous experiences of self and world. Through careful analysis of narrative structure, literary technique, and sacred discourses, Burack shows that Lawrence tries to initiate the reader into his own version of religious vitalism. Unlike most initiations that conclude with powerful affirmations, Lawrence's novels generally end with an attempt to subvert the formation of new religious dogmas and to encourage sacred-erotic exploration.

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