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"Word-perfect but deed-demented": canon formation, deconstruction, and the challenge of D.H. Lawrence.

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From: Mosaic (Winnipeg)
Date: 19950901
Author:Findlay, Isobel M.

Canon formation and deconstructive practice is examined through a rereading of D.H. Lawrence's critical practice along with deconstruction. Two other foremost critics, T.S. Eliot and F.R. Leavis, who had significantly affected the image of Lawrence among the literary critics, are brought to the fore. Eliot's negative evaluation of Lawrence persists, but is off-balanced by Leavis's fierce advocacy. Academic deconstruction, by recognizing the writer's affinities with deconstruction, can learn from his critical practice.

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