num_pages: 233
description: There is no doubt that Lawrence read Forster; that he and Forster read George Eliot; and that all three read Antigone. So its basic theme of the two sisters--two women with contrasting temperaments, who face a life-crisis, argue passionately about it, act differently but remain loyal to each other, and are deeply changed by what happens--is common to all the books. This has not been observed elsewhere, or treated at length, and it is an interesting and significant argument, especially for today's readers. Masako Hirai shows her theme being taken at the deep level and profoundly appropriated by the authors. She draws on biographical material to show why it mattered to each of them personally, without falling into psychological crudities.
language: English
title: Sisters in Literature: Female Sexuality in Antigone , Middlemarch , Howards End and Women in Love
titlecomplete: Sisters in Literature: Female Sexuality in Antigone , Middlemarch , Howards End and Women in Love
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan