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Lawrentian, a.|lɒˈrɛnʃ(ɪ)ən|
1. Also Lauˈrentian. Of or pertaining to the military leader and author T. E. Lawrence (‘Lawrence of Arabia’) (1888–1935), or his deeds and writings.
1928T. E. Lawrence Let. 20 Jan. (1938) 568 Laurentian, that sudden insult. I thought I'd sloughed off those manners with the names. 1949Koestler Promise & Fulfilment i. 10 It would have necessitated a team of men with Byronic idealism and Lawrentian imagination. 1966Punch 20 July 123/3 The great merit of Mr. Mousa's study is that while his mind is clearly weighted against the Lawrentian myth, he appears to be scrupulously fair to Lawrence.
2. Also Laurentian, Lawrencian. Of or pertaining to the English author D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), or his work or style of writing. Hence Lawrenciˈana, Lawrentiana [-iana], objects belonging to, literature about or characteristic of, D. H. Lawrence.
1930L. P. Hartley in Sat. Rev. 15 Feb. 203/1 Morgan's description of the sisters has many Lawrentian echoes, especially in the use of the word ‘dark’. 1931R. Aldington Colonel's Daughter v. 270 The good old Lawrentian dark abdomen. 1936A. Huxley Olive Tree 211 A characteristically Lawrencian expression. 1938Times 28 Jan. 367/3 It is..possible also to put her down as a mixture of the living and the merely Lawrentian. 1944H. Treece Herbert Read 92 Most of Read's ‘Eclogues’..are filled with a dark passionate emotion, a Lawrentian impulse centred in the body. 1944Scrutiny XII. 256 Levels at which the characteristic Laurentian contribution may well appear the reverse of helpful. 1948H. T. Moore in D. H. Lawrence Lett. to Bertrand Russell p. vi, Meanwhile, here is another contribution to Lawrence literature, one of the last important collections of Lawrenciana. 1959Listener 16 Apr. 683/1 Dr. Leavis successfully established a Lawrentian enclave in Cambridge. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Oct. 630/1 Mr. de Vries has nicely satirized..Lawrencian and Bohemian ‘free livers’. 1959N. & Q. Mar. 120/1 There is an immense literature of ‘Lawrentiana’. 1972Observer 19 Nov. 4/2 There has been a ‘tremendous revival’ in Lawrentiana from a purely touristic point of view. 1973Daily Tel. 7 Nov. 15/2 It has a Lawrentian turn of situation, too. There is a knight, Sir Tom, whose wife Margaret is ill-served—he comes home only for weekends and is too gentle anyway for her.
Add: Also Lawrencean. B. n.
1. An admirer of T. E. Lawrence or his writings. rare.
1957L. Durrell Spirit of Place (1969) 139 The fury of Lawrentians everywhere.
2. An admirer of D. H. Lawrence or his writings. rare.
1959H. T. Moore D. H. Lawrence Misc. p. xxv, Raymond Williams, whose comparison of Lawrence and Carlyle may flutter some of the Lawrenceans. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Nov. 1369/1 Both the Lawrentians and the anti-Lawrentians have been exaggerating ever since. 1992Studies in Eng. Lit.: English Number (Tokyo) 110 After he has reread Women in Love, he realizes that there is a distinction, though blurred, between the author and characters in their points of view and admits that he has converted into a true Lawrentian. |