DH Lawrence: A Postcolonial Writer?
Professor Peter McDonald draws on the work of Indian novelist and literary critic, Amit Chaudhuri, to open up new ways of how we can think about D.H. Lawrence, not only as a Modernist, but also as a Post/Colonial writer.
Peter then turns to Lawrence's short story, 'The Woman Who Rode Away' (1924), set in rural Mexico, in order to demonstrate how his literature runs against the grain of distinctly Western modes of thought.
Date Published:
28 August 2012
Writer:
Source:
Contributors:
Peter McDonald
In Collection(s):
D.H. Lawrence, Colonial Writers, Contemporary Writers
Keywords:
dh lawrence, postcolonial, modernism, modernist, theory, Chaudhuri, #greatwriters, Western thought
Cite:
DH Lawrence: A Postcolonial Writer? by D.H. Lawrence at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/dh-lawrence-postcolonial-writer. Published on 28 August 2012. Accessed on 14 May 2026.
If reusing this resource please attribute as follows: DH Lawrence: A Postcolonial Writer? (https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/) by D.H. Lawrence, licensed as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA (2.0 UK).
Related content: