D.H. Lawrence's language of sacred experience
Subtitle: the transfiguration of the reader
By: by Charles Burack.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930 -- Religion.; Religion and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century.; Religious fiction, English -- History and criticism.; Reader-response criticism.; Holy, The, in literature.; Religion in literature.
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.