Volume 23, Number 5 · April 1, 1976
The Aesthete of War
By V.S. Pritchett
A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence
by John E. Mack
Little, Brown, 612 pp., $15.00
Looking back on T. E. Lawrence and his legend after forty years one sees in him exactly the Hero called for by those who fought in the First World War and survived. It is perfect that he went into that war as the romantic happy warrior and emerged as the guilty Hamlet of his generation. In a far less theatrical way, so did others who fared worse: whatever singularity or genius they had was ground out of them on the western front where the 'real' war was being fought.
Review, 2984 words
To read the full text of this piece, please choose one of the following options:
|
If you are already a subscriber to the Review's electronic edition, please sign in: |
To subscribe to the electronic edition, please press the button below. |
To purchase access to this article for $3, please press the button below. |