Writing of a Woman’s Soul

Gender Pilgrimage in Lawrence and Mailer

Authors

  • Raymond M. Vince Author

Keywords:

D. H. Lawrence, gender and sexuality, female characters, Women in Love, Harlot’s Ghost, Marilyn

Abstract

There is a deep literary relationship between D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) and Norman Mailer (1923–2007)—particularly in their writing on sexuality. For Lawrence and Mailer, the vantage point involved a personal pilgrimage. Both art and life had to be transformed in the liminal area of gender, in a no-man’s land between literary point of view and “emotional odyssey,” where we may discover their vision.

Author Biography

  • Raymond M. Vince

    Raymond M. Vince has taught American Literature & Writing, Religion, and History of Science & Mathematics for over twenty-five years—at Richmond College London, various Episcopal schools, The University of Tampa, USF, Eckerd College, & HCC. He earned graduate degrees in English Literature, Theology, and Logic & Scientific Method. He has published a book, War, Heroism, and Narrative (VDM 2008), a chapter on William Morris in Arthurian Writers (2008), and five articles in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review and The Mailer Review.

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Published

2016-09-28

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2016): 10th Anniversary Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Vince, Raymond M. “Writing of a Woman’s Soul: Gender Pilgrimage in Lawrence and Mailer”. The Mailer Review, vol. 10, no. 1, Sept. 2016, pp. 207–226, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/570.