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ABSTRACT D. E, Lawrence's central theme in most of his works is sex. From his first novel, The White Peacockf to the last, Ladv Chatterley's LoverT which "became a "scandal 1 in English Literature, Lawrence created a new doctrine of sex, advocating the supremacy of the body's life over the mind, actually based on the assertion that complete fulfilment in sexual relations is the key to solve the problems of human relationships* Paradoxically though, the man who became a "priest" of sex had a puritanical background, was educated by a puritan mother, and grew up at the end of the Victorian age, an epoch marked by strong moral restrictions. But the early Lawrence, the puritan of The White Peacock, who favoured a euphemistic style became, in his last period, (the "realistic" period of Lady Chatterley's Lover)f an anti-puritan. His very insistence on the subject of sex and on the necessity for purifying. the sexual acts leads me to the conclusion that he was not only an anti-puritanical puritan, but also that he, in his own termss was a case of "sex in the head*1.
R E S U M O D« H. Lawrence fez do sexo um tema central na maior parte de suas obras. Desde seu primeiro romance, 0 Pavão Branco, até o último, 0 Amante de Lady Chatterley« que se tornou um verdadeiro “escândalo*1 na Literatura Inglesa, Lawrence criou uma nova do^ trina de sexo, defendendo a supremacia da vida do corpo sobre a mente, baseado, na realidade, na afirmação de que a completa realização nas relações sexuais é a chave para resolver os problemas do relacionamento humano. Embora paradoxalmente, o homem que se tornou um "sacerdote" do sexo teve uma formação puritana, foi edu cado por uma mãe puritana e cresceu ao final da era. Vitoriana, uma época marcada por severas restrições morais. Mas o jovem Law rences o puritano de 0 Pavão 3rancof que era a favor de um estilo eufemístico, acabou se transformando, em sua última fase, ( o período "realístico" de 0 Amante de Lady Chatterley), em um antipuritano. Sua completa insistência em assuntos de sexo e na necessidade de purificar os atos sexuais, leva-me a conclusão que ele não só era um puritano realmente anti-puritano, mas também que ele tinha sexo na cabeça.
Page 1 and 2: Mo ï»e THESIS D. H0 IAWBENGE: SEX
Page 3 and 4: Esta Tese foi julgada adequada para
Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations Mbs
Page 7: vil PGB - Portrait of a Genius« Bu
Page 11 and 12: Chapter I INTRODUCTION A, A, Victor
Page 13 and 14: 3 misunderstood sexual theme, is go
Page 15 and 16: 5 identical reasoning: nThere can s
Page 17 and 18: 7 attitudes. In this respect, it is
Page 19 and 20: 9 rence ’s works in his book The
Page 21 and 22: Chapter II PURITANISM DEFINED Histo
Page 23 and 24: 33 The actual meaning we find in di
Page 25 and 26: 15 and lie alone right. Having run
Page 27 and 28: 17 presents the Freudian imbroglio
Page 29 and 30: 19 it is perhaps worth noticing tha
Page 31 and 32: 21 but in many other parts of the b
Page 33 and 34: or inhibited action we are tempted
Page 35 and 36: 25 And about Cyril (himself) he sai
Page 37 and 38: 27 The tall meadow-sweet was in bud
Page 39 and 40: 29 genitals. Certainly Lawrence's p
Page 41 and 42: 31 Of course, one can imagine how i
Page 43 and 44: 33 'Good Lord, Emily! But he is dea
Page 45 and 46: 35 cock just quoted in the two prev
Page 47 and 48: 37 frustrated: Mr, and Mrs. Beardsa
Page 49 and 50: 39 So far, Lawrence’s early views
Page 51 and 52: hi rainbow arch; it is the “toget
Page 53 and 54: ^3 Lawrence said in his defence: "T
Page 55 and 56: ubbing passage of The White Peacock
Page 57 and 58: eautiful."(TRB 238) Why afraid? Bec
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Chapter V LAURENCE AND PORNOGRAPHY
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51 sions then is Freud’s theory o
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53 male, in a negative or sundering
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55 he directly faced the censors an
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57 "the whole question of pornograp
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59 Girordias, (11) famous editor an
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61 secret".; Neither can be of any
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63 by January 1928 and is now widel
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65 So the general subject matter of
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67 The real theme, which recurs in
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69 built of rusticated sandstone an
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71 who want to dominate them, Mello
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73 question Lawrence puts to himsel
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75 the mechanical images are deflec
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77 lies, navels, and breasts* (It h
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79 Maybe they are the truth some cr
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81 heave her loins, and throw the m
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83 ’'darkness” is present in M
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85 11ty shook her to her foundation
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87 some kind of ’'arrest'** In al
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Chapter ¥11 CONCLUSIONS Host of th
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91 in a passionate love affair and
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93 distinguished from normal conduc
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95 presentative of most people's ex
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97 easy to say* I think that he has
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APPENDIX NOTES 1 Title of the work
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BIBLIOGRAPHY •* Aldington^ Richar
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103 Lawrence, D«E., (cont.) -"SunJ
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