02979nam 2200673Ia 450 991045059290332120200520144314.01-281-36371-597866113637101-4039-7824-710.1057/9781403978240(CKB)1000000000342755(SSID)ssj0000134450(PQKBManifestationID)11148231(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134450(PQKBWorkID)10053982(PQKB)10463773(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7824-0(MiAaPQ)EBC307728(Au-PeEL)EBL307728(CaPaEBR)ebr10135453(CaONFJC)MIL136371(OCoLC)560462412(EXLCZ)99100000000034275520050613d2005 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrD.H. Lawrence's language of sacred experience[electronic resource] the transfiguration of the reader /Charles Michael Burack1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (VIII, 206 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-349-53067-0 1-4039-6845-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-194) and index.This book demonstrates how D.H. Lawrence's prophetic ambitions impelled him to create novels that would radically transform the consciousness of his readers. Charles Burack argues that Lawrence's major novels, beginning with The Rainbow , are structured as religious initiation rites that attempt to break down the reader's normative mindset and to evoke new, numinous experiences of self and world. Through careful analysis of narrative structure, literary technique, and sacred discourses, Burack shows that Lawrence tries to initiate the reader into his own version of religious vitalism. Unlike most initiations that conclude with powerful affirmations, Lawrence's novels generally end with an attempt to subvert the formation of new religious dogmas and to encourage sacred-erotic exploration.Religion and literatureEnglandHistory20th centuryReligious fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismReader-response criticismHoly, The, in literatureReligion in literatureElectronic books.Religion and literatureHistoryReligious fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.Reader-response criticism.Holy, The, in literature.Religion in literature.823/.912Burack Charles Michael984170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450592903321D.H. Lawrence's language of sacred experience2247747UNINA