Love and death in Lawrence and Foucault
By: Barry J. Scherr.
Series: Studies on themes and motifs in literature -- v. 91
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780820495408
Subjects: Lawrence, D. H. -- 1885-1930 -- Criticism and interpretation; Foucault, Michel, -- 1926-1984 -- Criticism and interpretation; Power (Social sciences) in literature; Love in literature; Death in literature; Philosophy in literature
Description: "Love and Death in Lawrence and Foucault is the first full-length study of Foucault and the Foucaultians not to look at them from a quasi-hagiographical perspective. The Lawrentian point of view employed here to deal with Foucault and his oeuvre is utterly unique, imaginative, and efficacious in explicating/demystifying Foucaultian theory, while at the same time promoting Barry J. Scherr's courageous, indefatigable project of "restoring" D.H. Lawrence to his rightfully and supremely high place in the pantheon of great British literature. Rebellious and unconventional yet scholarly and mature, Love and Death in Lawrence and Foucault is the bravest and most unorthodox study of Foucault to date. It is a worthy addition to Scherr's previous literary-cultural studies, D.H.

Lawrence Today and D.H. Lawrence's Response to Plato. A supremely lively, incisive, lucid, and profound critique, Love and Death in Lawrence and Foucault is indispensable to students and scholars of Lawrence and Foucault alike."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.