Exploring D H Lawrence's relationship to colonialism, this work shows how Lawrence's belief in different ''spirits'' belonging to the disparate places enables him to transcend the hierarchies between metropolis and colony, between civilized and...
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Exploring D H Lawrence's relationship to colonialism, this work shows how Lawrence's belief in different ''spirits'' belonging to the disparate places enables him to transcend the hierarchies between metropolis and colony, between civilized and ''primitive'' worlds
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index
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Front cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Lawrence's ""Spirit of Place"" as a Postcolonial Concept; Chatper One. Place, Difference, and Otherness in Lawrence's Travel Writing; Chapter Two. The Lost Girl and Aaron's Rod: Exploring Italy as a New Place; Chapter Three. Lawrence''s Journey to the ""Heart of Darkness"" in Kangaroo and The Boy in the Bush; Chapter Four. Lawrentian Doubleness: Rewriting Mexican Colonial History in The Plumed Serpent; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover