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... Lawrence sidesteps the problem of his father by leaving him out . Lawrence's spokesman , the narrator , Cyril , is a middle - class young man , whose father is scarcely present at all : he dies half - way through the book , a bad lot ...
... Lawrence sidesteps the problem of his father by leaving him out . Lawrence's spokesman , the narrator , Cyril , is a middle - class young man , whose father is scarcely present at all : he dies half - way through the book , a bad lot ...
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... Lawrence had to dispense with character as it is normally conceived . As he wrote to Edward Garnett while engaged ... Lawrence . We deduce emotion from gesture . But Lawrence's problem was to express emotion , feelings , as they exist ...
... Lawrence had to dispense with character as it is normally conceived . As he wrote to Edward Garnett while engaged ... Lawrence . We deduce emotion from gesture . But Lawrence's problem was to express emotion , feelings , as they exist ...
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... Lawrence's characters are always ' unconscious and superconscious ' . What is lacking , deliberately , is the middle term . But the convention must be accepted , as the conventions of any artist must be ; and granted the problem , the ...
... Lawrence's characters are always ' unconscious and superconscious ' . What is lacking , deliberately , is the middle term . But the convention must be accepted , as the conventions of any artist must be ; and granted the problem , the ...
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