Adjectives and Anti-Imperialism in Lawrence’s Poetry
Even though the titles of most of D.H. Lawrence’s poems are nouns, from “Altercation” to “Zeppelin Nights,” one of the most striking features of his poetry lies in his extensive and idiosyncratic use of adjectives. As we shall see, this may be due to the fact that adjectives are, semantically as we...
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Études Lawrenciennes
2014
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| Online pristup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sažetak: | Even though the titles of most of D.H. Lawrence’s poems are nouns, from “Altercation” to “Zeppelin Nights,” one of the most striking features of his poetry lies in his extensive and idiosyncratic use of adjectives. As we shall see, this may be due to the fact that adjectives are, semantically as well as syntactically, less constraining than other lexical categories such as verbs and nouns. Adjectives would therefore allow the poetic object more “freedom” from the hold of language and represe... |
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