The Way to a Fish’s Heart: Non-Human Emotion and Emotional Tone in Birds, Beasts and Flowers
During and after the war, Lawrence’s well-known misanthropy made him try to reject, among other human attributes, human feelings. When he was in Cornwall, he sought the greatest possible distance from humanity, and claimed: “Really, I give up feeling either love or hate – it seems to me a bit of ki...
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Études Lawrenciennes
2013
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| Online pristup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sažetak: | During and after the war, Lawrence’s well-known misanthropy made him try to reject, among other human attributes, human feelings. When he was in Cornwall, he sought the greatest possible distance from humanity, and claimed: “Really, I give up feeling either love or hate – it seems to me a bit of kindness is worth all the love of mankind. – But I give it all up, it is beyond me” (L iii. 122). This might explain why he turned to non-human creatures, devoid of feelings, a few years later, when ... |
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