10.1 DH Lawrence Flashcards
(12 cards)
Genre / mode?
Travelogue from a collection of writings printed in book form
Audience?
Those who couldn’t afford to travel; travellers to Sardinia or Mediterranean; fans of Lawrence; interest in travel writing
Language for voice
Pensive; wistful; reflective; philosophical; lyrical; poetic; escapist; hopeful
Written in…
1921; Lawrence travelled to Sardinia from his home in Sicily; Lawrence’s chosen exile
Generic conventions of travelogues?
Rich imagery; ideas of freedom; past tense / first person
Lawrence did not…
Fight in WW1 due to poor health (TB and pneumonia)
‘Saucer that dribbled into a pail […] not space even for one chair,’
Dynamic verb, adventure; scarcity; good + bad of sailing; contrast to later light imagery
‘Ah the lovely morning!’
Interjection, conversational; written for self + others; sentiment repeated throughout; lust for life; exclamative, enthusiasm echoed throughout
‘The sky all golden, all a joyous, fire-heated gold, and the sea was glassy bright’
Anaphora; focus on nature + beauty; repeated heavenly lexis; light
‘With the sun coming, swimming up’
Implies importance; metaphor, sea / sky lexis; imminence; personifies sun, motif of upward movement / new hope
‘Sea like sequins shaking’
Simile; sibilance, sound of water; dynamic; vivid image, easy for audience to imagine
‘Space, and the frail vibration of space,’
Subverts expectations, references Lawrence’s own health; sense of freedom + peace; implies value + fragility of life; nature / earth as a living thing
