The “Thingness” of the Quick
The word “quick” lies at the heart, or even at the quick, of D.H. Lawrence’s writing. It immediately takes us back to the Bible where the “quick” and the “dead” are brought together: “… who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead” (1 Peter 4:35). And both the quick a...
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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: | The word “quick” lies at the heart, or even at the quick, of D.H. Lawrence’s writing. It immediately takes us back to the Bible where the “quick” and the “dead” are brought together: “… who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead” (1 Peter 4:35). And both the quick and the dead will eventually be judged by Jesus. Lawrence relies on and makes extensive use of this primordial meaning of “quick,” that is “alive,” but he brings it further, constantly infusing in i... |
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