D. H. Lawrence and the Bible [Paperback]

Wright's study sheds light not only on his work but on the Bible on the creative process itself.The Bible, as Wright's book demonstrates, plays a key role in nearly all D. H. Lawrence's work. It supplies not only the inspiration but on occasion the target for his parody. After considering the extraordinary range of Lawrence's reading, Wright engages in a theoretically informed but clear exploration of the textual dynamics of Lawrence's writing. His writing is seen to reveal a prolonged struggle to read the Bible in a much broader spirit than that encouraged by orthodox Christianity.The Bible, as Wright's book demonstrates, plays a key role in nearly all D. H. Lawrence's work. It supplies not only the inspiration but on occasion the target for his parody. After considering the extraordinary range of Lawrence's reading, Wright engages in a theoretically informed but clear exploration of the textual dynamics of Lawrence's writing. His writing is seen to reveal a prolonged struggle to read the Bible in a much broader spirit than that encouraged by orthodox Christianity.The Bible, as Wright's book demonstrates, plays a key role in nearly all D. H. Lawrence's work. It supplies not only the inspiration but on occasion the target for his parody. After considering the extraordinary range of Lawrence's reading, Wright engages in a theoretically informed but clear exploration of the textual dynamics of Lawrence's writing. His writing is seen to reveal a prolonged struggle to read the Bible in a much broader spirit than that encouraged by orthodox Christianity.Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. 'The Work of Creation': Lawrence and the Bible; 2. Biblical intertextuality: Bakhtin, Bloom and Derrida; 3. Higher criticism: Lawrence's break with Christianity; 4. Poetic fathers: Nietzsche and the Romantic tradition; 5. Pre-war poetry and fiction: Adam and Eve come through; 6. Re-making Genesis: The Rainbow as counter-Bible; 7. Double-reading the Bible: Esoteric Studies and ReflectionlC,