'For Only Those Deserve the Name': T.E. Lawrence and Seven Pillars of Wisdom Tapa dura - 2016

Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2016. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine copy. In Seven Pillars of Wisdom, his epic of the Arab Revolt, T.E. Lawrence wanted to write a work of spiritual greatness, comparable to The Brothers Karamazov, and Thus spake Zarathustra 'For only those deserve the name', he wrote to Charlotte Shaw, recalling his ambition to be a great writer. Mark Calderbank's biography shows how post-World War I political developments in the Middle East, and Lawrence's unsettled life and sense of guilt, influenced the published work and contributed to his sense of failure. By following multiple lines of enquiry into chosen events, Mark Calderbank shows us a story coloured by a retrospective vision of history, a post-war Weltanschaung, and the compulsion to present an exemplary personality. This approach has the deepest significance for the interpretation of the Seven Pillars' reliability as a historical… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.