On D. H. Lawrence's Dream in Twilight in Italy

Abstract

In Twilight in Italy as well as in his other travel books, Lawrence did not merely describe outward the appearance of scenery and people. Rather, Lawrence narrated himself or perhaps "betrayed" himself while describing the people and scenery of Italy. At first, in the land of his dreams, obsession prevented Lawrence from seeing the world clearly ; however, the sound of a bell of an Italian church awoke him from his trance. It was not until he found something unchanging in a spinning woman's transcendent eyes that he was emancipated from obsession. Ironically his dream disappeared at that time.