D.H. Lawrence

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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

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Flowers

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Pansies

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, introduction.

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer.

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American character Americans

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Studies in Classic American Literature

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Studies in Classic American Literature. Thomas Seltzer, 1923, ch. 5.

Don't you find it a beautiful clean thought, a world empty of people, just uninterrupted grass, and a hare sitting up?

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Nature Grass Rabbits

Speaker

Rupert Birkin

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Women in Love

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Women in Love. Thomas Seltzer, 1920, ch. 11.

I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.

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Man and animals Self-pity

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Self-Pity Pansies

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. "Self-Pity." Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, I. 1-2.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instinct.

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Topic

Instincts

Speaker

George Temple

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

The White Peacock

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. The White Peacock. Heinemann/Duffield & Co., 1911, pt. 2, ch. 2.

We are dying, we are dying, we are all of us dying.

D.H. Lawrence

Last Poems

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Inevitability of death Death

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

The Ship of Death Last Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. "The Ship of Death." Last Poems, edited by Richard Aldington and Giuseppe Orioli. The Viking Press, 1932, stanza 6.

Sin is a queer thing. It isn't the breaking of divine commandments. It is the breaking of one's own integrity.

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Sin

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Studies in Classic American Literature

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Studies in Classic American Literature. Thomas Seltzer, 1923, ch. 8.

There are only two great diseases in the world to-day—Bolshevism and Americanism; and Americanism is the worse of the two, because Bolshevism only smashes your house or your business or your skull, but Americanism smashes your soul.

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The Plumed Serpent

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Topic

Criticism of America

Speaker

Young Henry

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

The Plumed Serpent

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. The Plumed Serpent. Martin Secker, 1926, ch. 2.

Now it is autumn and the falling fruit
and the long journey towards oblivion.

D.H. Lawrence

Last Poems

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Autumn

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

The Ship of Death Last Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. "The Ship of Death." Last Poems, edited by Richard Aldington and Giuseppe Orioli. The Viking Press, 1932, stanza 1.