The Visionary D. H. Lawrence Beyond Philosophy and Art [Paperback]

Lawrence's work set in the context of a tradition of visionary poet-philosophers and thinkers.Lawrence's work is placed in the context of a tradition of visionary poet-philosophers including Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Carlyle and Emerson. Robert E. Montgomery shows how Lawrence reacted to the ideas of his predecessors, and identifies Lawrence's place in the visionary tradition, exploring the complex vision that informs and unifies Lawrence's work.Lawrence's work is placed in the context of a tradition of visionary poet-philosophers including Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Carlyle and Emerson. Robert E. Montgomery shows how Lawrence reacted to the ideas of his predecessors, and identifies Lawrence's place in the visionary tradition, exploring the complex vision that informs and unifies Lawrence's work.Lawrence's work is placed in the context of developments in the tradition of Romantic poet-philosophers and visionary thinkers. Robert E. Montgomery shows how Lawrence reacted to the work of Nietzsche, Heraclitus and Jacob Boehme, where he found ideas similar to his own and precedents for his attempts to evolve a new mode of prophetic-poetical-philosophical discourse, and how Lawrence's place in the visionary tradition differs from that of contemporaries Eliot and Yeats. The result is an exploration of the complex vision that informs and unifies Lawrence's work.1. Introduction; 2. Flesh, Word, and Holy Ghost: Lawrence and Schopenhauer; 3. The passionate struggle into conscious being: Lawrence and Nietzsche; 4. 'A dry soul is best': Lawrence and Heraclitus; 5. The science of the soul: Lawrence and Boehme; 6. Conclusion: Romanticism and Christianity. ...provides us with a history of ideas behind Lawrence's texts, and encourages us to make our own further connections between Lawrence and his 'parallel' minds. The prose, given the complexity of the subject matter, is on the whole clear and compelling....The Visionary D.H. Lawrence is a useful companionlÓË