Within an anthropological perspective that addresses the relationship between culture and nature, community and place, the essay focuses initially on the functionality of the island -- seen as an extreme and ambivalent place -- and the spectrum of meanings assumed by the island concept in Lawrence's work. Emphasis then shifts to the story "The Man Who Loved Islands", in which a gradual transition takes place from the island of the Utopian tradition, representing the place of a perfect community, to the anthropomorphic viewpoint, where the island becomes an extention of the ego and the place of utter isolation, leading ultimately to death.
The Violated Silence: D.H. Lawrence's 'The Man Who Loved Islands"
MICHELUCCI, STEFANIA
2002-01-01
Abstract
Within an anthropological perspective that addresses the relationship between culture and nature, community and place, the essay focuses initially on the functionality of the island -- seen as an extreme and ambivalent place -- and the spectrum of meanings assumed by the island concept in Lawrence's work. Emphasis then shifts to the story "The Man Who Loved Islands", in which a gradual transition takes place from the island of the Utopian tradition, representing the place of a perfect community, to the anthropomorphic viewpoint, where the island becomes an extention of the ego and the place of utter isolation, leading ultimately to death.
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