T.E.Lawrence (English Authors) [Hardcover]

Stephen Ely Tabachnick (Author)

Book Description

Series: English Authors | Publication Date: September 5, 1978

Twaynes English Authors SeriesSeries Editors: Frank Day, Clemson University Joseph M. Flora, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pattie Cowell, Colorado State University Ruth K. MacDonald A volume in Twaynes Authors Series of literary criticism offers a critical introduction to the life and work of a particular writer, to the history and influence of a literary movement, or to the development of a literary genre. Primarily devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, the study not only takes account of major literary trends and important contributions in scholarship and criticism but also provides new critical insights and an original point of view. Authors Series volumes are rooted in the original works themselves and address readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading the Authors Series study, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives.Lawrence of Arabia was not only a brilliant adventurer, but a brilliant writer. His Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the finest British autobiographies of the twentieth century, and this book attempts to show the reader why. T.E. Lawrence looks carefully at Lawrences painful search for a cultural and sexual identity, as well as for an artistic form in which to encapsulate his experiences in Arabia. It also discusses what his R.A.F. memoir The Mint reveals and conceals about his life in the postwar period. It tackles the controversy about his truthfulness, and it probes his search for mystical transcendence. But most of all, T.E. Lawrence explains why Lawrence is studied; because he had a style at once personal and epic, because his characterization of himself and others remains both sharply etched and teasingly obscure, and because he discusses the problems of life, sexuality, politics, and art in a perennially modern way.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 174 pages
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers; First edition (September 5, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805767045
• ISBN-13: 978-0805767049
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,281,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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