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Knowing good and evil: T.S. Eliot and 'Lady Chatterley's Lover.'(T.S. Eliot at 110)

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From: ANQ
Date: 19980622
Author:Kojecky, Roger

D.H. Lawrence's novel, 'Lady Chatterly's Lover,' portrayed a view of humanity and an order that challenged T.S. Eliot's more orthodox structures. Although the book was defended successfully in court as a condemnation of life without joy or beauty, Eliot attributes the novel as a product of a man who has relied on human intuition, rather than established traditions and institutions, for guidance.

That Eliot did not allow After Strange Gods to be reprinted(1) is well known, and it is sometimes attributed to some change of mind. But two letters he wrote to Helen Gardner(2) in the aftermath of ...

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