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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing to say the least,
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This review is from: Pilate's Wife (Paperback)
This novel was started in 1924, completed in 1929, revised in 1934 and rejected for publication by Houghton Mifflin. It was revised again in the 50's and eventually published - in defference to its historical important I presume. The novel is worthy of its rejection. It is similar to D. H. Lawrence's The Man Who Died in its presenting the death and resurrection of Jesus as a trick played with drugs - a denial of the miraculous in keeping with its era. Its feminism is based on an attempted renewal of classical religious images - Egyptian, Greek, Mithraic, ... - with a superficial presentation of these religions in a high didactic style and plot. Even fans of H.D. will be disappointed. Nonetheless, it does provide background for a greater appreciation of the environment in which it was written and of the development of H.D. thought.
Read it as literary history and it is useful; read it as novel and it leaves much to be desired. |
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Pilate's Wife by H. D. (Paperback - June 2000)
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