Space and Place in the Works of D. H. Lawrence

by Michelucci, Stefania

• ISBN13: 9780786411528
• ISBN10: 078641152X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Summary

Originally published in Italian as L'orizzonte mobile: spazio e luoghi nella narrativa di D.H. Lawrence in 1998, this critical study analyzes the work of D.H. Lawrence in light of new theories about space and location, or place and community. This approach is especially useful in examining Lawrence, as place and space are central aspects of all of his work. The introductory chapter explains the theoretical premises, drawing extensively from anthropology especially insofar as the relationship between culture and nature or community and place are concerned. This chapter also offers theories based on semiotics, sociological concerns and recent research in human geography and environmentalism. Succeeding chapters analyze functional aspects of place and space in D.H. Lawrence's work. Lawrence's major novels and stories provide the main focus of this book, but attention is also paid to lesser-known texts, both fiction and nonfiction. This work provides a new approach to studies on D.H. Lawrence, opening up new insights for both scholars and students alike.

Author Biography

Stefania Michelucci is assistant professor of English Studies at the University of Udine (Italy).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Abbreviations	xi
Introduction
Space	1	(2)
Space and Place in Literature	3	(1)
Places in Lawrence's Works	4	(3)
Places of Us and Places of Others: The White Peacock
The Garden and the Jungle	7	(1)
Strelley Mill	8	(1)
Sacred Spaces	9	(1)
The Other Places	10	(2)
Confrontation with Reality	12	(2)
The Dispersal	14	(4)
The Pact with the Genius Loci: The Prussian Officer	18	(89)
Capsized Island: The Trespasser
The Impossible Flight	24	(1)
The Spatial Dimension	25	(3)
The Island	28	(1)
Routes	29	(3)
``Widening Circles'': Sons and Lovers
The Fight for Territory	32	(3)
The Bottoms	35	(1)
The House and Its Inhabitants	36	(3)
The Internal/External Opposition	39	(4)
Willey Farm	43	(3)
Miriam's Places	46	(3)
Clara's Place: The City	49	(3)
The Void	52	(3)
The Beginning of the Quest: The Lost Girl and Aaron's Rod
The Escape	55	(2)
The Expanding Horizon	57	(3)
Verticality	60	(1)
Super-Civilized and Super-Primitive	61	(3)
Uprooting: The Rainbow and Women in Love
Circularity and Polarity	64	(3)
The Dialectic of Center and Margins	67	(4)
The Crisis of Home	71	(3)
The Widening of Space	74	(6)
Places of Threshold	80	(5)
The Line and the Circle	85	(3)
The Spirit of Place: Return to Origins
The Flight from the West	88	(3)
The Journey: ``The Woman Who Rode Away'' and ``The Princess''	91	(4)
The Plumed Serpent	95	(12)
A Different Departure	95	(2)
The New Home	97	(3)
Rebirth from the Low-the Church	100	(3)
The Play of Different Viewpoints	103	(4)
Conclusion	107	(8)
Notes	115	(44)
Bibliography	159	(14)
Index	173