The Glyph and the Gramophone: D.H. Lawrence's Religion (New Directions in Religion and Literature)

D. H. Lawrence wrote in 1914, ‘Primarily I am a passionately religious man, and my novels must be written from the depths of my religious experience.' Although he had broken with the Congregationalist faith of his childhood by his early twenties, Lawrence remained throughout his writing life a passionately religious man. There have been studies in the last twenty years of certain aspects of Lawrence's religious writing, but we lack a survey of the history of his developing religious thought and of his expressions of that thought in his literary works. This book provides that survey, from 1915 to the end of Lawrence's life. Covering the war years, Lawrence's American works, his time in Australia and Mexico, and the works of the last years of his life, this book provides readers with a complete analysis, during this period, of Lawrence as a religious man, thinker and artist. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 ‘Beyond these gods of today’: The war years Rananim The dialogue with Russell ‘The Crown’ Theosophy Chapter 2 ‘The cultured animist’: Native American religion First essays, 1922–23 Essays on Native American religion, 1924 Lawrence and the Hopi Pan in America ‘The Woman Who Rode Away’: The question of gender Apophasis in St Mawr Chapter 3 ‘The dark God’: From Kangaroo to The Plumed Serpent Kangaroo Mexican religion The Adelphi articles The Plumed Serpent: The morning star The Plumed Serpent: Religion in society The question of authority Chapter 4 ‘Being in touch’: Last works Lady Chatterley’s Lover The Escaped Cock Sketches of Etruscan Places Apocalypse ‘The Last Poems Notebook’ Bibliograph Index Although He Had Broken With The Congregationalist Faith Of His Childhood By His Early Twenties, D.h. Lawrence Remained What He Called A 'passionately Religious' Thinker And Writer, From His Earliest Readings In Philosophy And Theology To The Poems He Wrote In The Last Months Of His Life. This Is A Study Of Lawrence's Work. Beyond These Gods Of Today: The War Years -- The Cultured Animist: Native American Religion -- The Dark God: From Kangaroo To The Plumed Serpent -- Being In Touch: Last Works. Luke Ferretter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.