Destruction and Construction: A Collective and Individual Frenzy During World War One in England

Abstract

The First World War is the background of this essay. One of the bloodiest and most violent historical events to have marked the history of mankind; it consequently brought Lawrence to the verge of a nervous breakdown while he was being forced to stay in England against his will. The focus here will thus be on the physical and emotional turmoil which Lawrence experienced at that time. During those tormented years, as the war unfolded in all its cruelty, Lawrence’s everyday language too became ...