THE DARK SUN

by Graham Hough ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 19, 1957

This Study of D. H. Lawrence is a real contribution to the understanding of that much disputed genius, in spite of the mountainous mass of material that has already appeared. Neither a biography, nor an aesthetic study of his work as an artist, it presents the whole of Lawrence's philosophy or ""doctrine"" while avoiding both adulation and arrant prejudice. The main theme of the book is stated by the author in his preface: ""As I brooded on the religion of humanity, the religion of evolution, of social and scientific progress, the flesh wearied on my bone. I gradually came to feel that the only recent English writer besides Yeats to break into new spiritual territory outside the Christian boundaries was D. H. Lawrence and that his vitalism had had something of the same disruptive and fertilising effect in our century as aestheticism did in the nineteenth"". And he proceeds with a careful chronological scrutiny first of the novels, then of the tales, and finally of the poetry to prove his point which he sums up in the last very interesting chapter- the Doctrine.... Analytical criticism which is amply rewarding but chiefly of interest to students of literature- lovers of Lawrence.

Pub Date: March 19, 1957

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1957

Categories: NONFICTION