Reflections on the death of a porcupine and other essays
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About This Book
This volume contains what Lawrence himself called "philosophicalish" essays written in the decade 1915-25. The topics range from politics to nature, from religion to education; the tone from lighthearted humor to mordant wit, to spiritual meditation. For all these contrasts, however, the essays share many of the underlying themes of the mature "Be thyself" could be the volume's motto. As far as possible, this edition restores what Lawrence wrote before typists, editors, and compositors made the extensive alterations that have been followed in all previous editions of the texts--on occasion ent...
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- REFLECTIONS ON THE DEATH OF A PORCUPINE AND OTHER ESSAYS
- CONTENTS
- The Crown
- THE CROWN
- I THE LION AND THE UNICORN WERE FIGHTING FOR THE CROWN
- II THE LION BEAT THE UNICORN AND DROVE HIM OUT OF TOWN
- III THE FLUX OF CORRUPTION
- IV WITHIN THE SEPULCHRE
- V THE NUPTIALS OF DEATH AND THE ATTENDANT VULTURE
- VI TO BE, AND TO BE DIFFERENT
- THE NOVEL
- HIM WITH HIS TAIL IN HIS MOUTH
- BLESSED ARE THE POWERFUL
- ... LOVE WAS ONCE A LITTLE BOY
- REFLECTIONS ON THE DEATH OF A PORCUPINE
- ARISTOCRACY
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