108 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1972, this books examines the subject of primitivism through the study of the work of a number of major writers, including D. H. Lawrence, Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, T. S. Eliot and James Joyce. It looks at the variety of definitions and uses of primitivism and how the idea has changed over time as well as with each writer. In doing so, it is argued that primitivism... Read more

Acknowledgements; General Editor’s Preface; Introduction; 1. Primitive Sensibility 2. Conscious Primitivism 3. The Historical Context 4. The Primitivism of the Critics 5. Conclusion and Further Directions; Selected Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Michael Bell