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Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2018. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine copy of the paperback edition. In Seven Pillars of Wisdom, his epic of the Arab Revolt, T.E. Lawrence wanted to write a work of spiritual greatness, comparable to The Brothers Karamazov, and Thus spake Zarathustra 'For only those deserve the name', he wrote to Charlotte Shaw, recalling his ambition to be a great writer. Mark Calderbank's biography shows how post-World War I political developments in the Middle East, and Lawrence's unsettled life and sense of guilt, influenced the published work and contributed to his sense of failure. By following multiple lines of enquiry into chosen events, Mark Calderbank shows us a story coloured by a retrospective vision of history, a post-war Weltanschaung, and the compulsion to present an exemplary personality. This approach has the deepest significance for the interpretation of the Seven Pillars'…
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'for Only Those Deserve the Name': T. E. Lawrence and Seven Pillars of Wisdom Paperback - 2017
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- Title 'for Only Those Deserve the Name': T. E. Lawrence and Seven Pillars of Wisdom
- Author Mark Calderbank
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 360
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Sussex Academic Press
- Date 2017
- ISBN 9781845198428 / 1845198425
- Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.415
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