Lawrence, the "pure present" and les années de pèlerinage
Introducing his New Poems in 1919, Lawrence gave what might seem a very clear, considered and positive statement on the question of temporality. Explaining his "poetry of the present," he declared there is "One realm we have never conquered: the pure present." His "free&quo...
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Études Lawrenciennes
2017
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Crynodeb: | Introducing his New Poems in 1919, Lawrence gave what might seem a very clear, considered and positive statement on the question of temporality. Explaining his "poetry of the present," he declared there is "One realm we have never conquered: the pure present." His "free" verse form expresses no less than a metaphysic, a whole way of life: it seeks to acknowledge, he writes, the "most superb mystery we have hardly recognised: the immediate, instant self" and he concludes "Poetry gave us the c... |
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