Lawrence and the Environment; the Poetics of Honesty and Despair
In his poems Lawrence portrays man’s exploitative use of power to dominate nature as a self-destructive assault on the harmony of living systems; and he argues that these transgressions of natural laws exclude man from the “tree of life.” He also makes it clear that uncontrolled materialism stifles...
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Études Lawrenciennes
2014
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | In his poems Lawrence portrays man’s exploitative use of power to dominate nature as a self-destructive assault on the harmony of living systems; and he argues that these transgressions of natural laws exclude man from the “tree of life.” He also makes it clear that uncontrolled materialism stifles creativity and he is adamant that by misusing power in this way man makes his extinction inevitable.A recent book review in Nature (Thomas 2007) summarised the future prospects for man in the foll... |
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