The Man Who Died

Klappentext In his last novel, published less than a year before his untimely death at the age of forty-five, D.H. Lawrence takes up the theme of Christ's resurrection and his final days on Earth. Lawrence recounts Christ's agonizing journey from death back to life with an alarmingly proffane realism, depicting the tale from teh moment of his initial painful awakening to his eventual redemptive sexual relationship with the priestess of the pagan goddess Isis. The story expands beyond its Christian roots to explore and embrace Lawrence's abiding faith in the life-force apparent in every aspect of the natural world. For his final work, Lawrence has encapsulated a lifetime of extraordinary vision into one profound and exquisite parable. > Zusammenfassung In his last novel! published less than a year before his untimely death at the age of forty-five! D.H. Lawrence takes up the theme of Christ's resurrection and his final days on Earth. Lawrence recounts Christ's agonizing journey from death back to life with an alarmingly proffane realism! depicting the tale from teh moment of his initial painful awakening to his eventual redemptive sexual relationship with the priestess of the pagan goddess Isis. The story expands beyond its Christian roots to explore and embrace Lawrence's abiding faith in the life-force apparent in every aspect of the natural world. For his final work! Lawrence has encapsulated a lifetime of extraordinary vision into one profound and exquisite parable.

Product details

• Authors: D. H. Lawrence, D.H. Lawrence
• Assisted by: Leonard Baskin (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1995
• EAN: 9780880014298
• ISBN: 978-0-88001-429-8
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 192 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Historical / Medieval, FICTION: Religious, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Alternative History, FICTION: Historical / Ancient, RELIGION: Essays