Lawrence s Narrative Techniques in Lawrence s Narrative Techniques in Sons and Lovers
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Lawrences Narrative Techniques in Sons and Lovers
David Herbert Lawrence, a novelist and poet, was a prolific writer. His literary output includes poems, stories, novelettes, novels, plays literary criticism, essays and travel books. But he is first of all a novelist.
Sons and Lovers , the first of Lawrences important novels, is largely autobiographical. It is set in a coal-mining district and based on the authors early life. The hero, Paul Morel, resembles Lawrence in family situation. His father, Walter Morel, is a miner, easy-going, pleasure-seeking and irresponsible. His mother, Mrs. Gertrude Model, is a refined and strong-willed woman from the middle class, who can have no satisfaction in the roughness and illiteracy of her uneducated husband. Mentally isolated, she pins her hopes on her children...