T. E. Lawrence: A Great War Memoir of an Ambivalent Hero

Authors

  • Thomas Laborie Burns Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X25169

Keywords:

Lawrence of Arabia, War memoir, First World War, Middle Eastern war

Abstract

This article discusses both the man T.E. Lawrence and his war memoir, Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1935). Lawrence was a man who was ambivalent in his life work, in his military and diplomatic skills, in his role in Arab independence, and in his sexuality. His classic memoir of the British campaign against Turkey in Arabia is, among many other things, a handbook of guerrilla warfare that attempts to present itself as both a factual record of a military campaign and a heroic tale: of insight, courage, and determination.

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Author Biography

Thomas Laborie Burns, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doutorado em Letras (Inglês e Literatura Correspondente) pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1995). Atualmente é professor adjunto da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

References

HYNES, Samuel. The Soldier’s Tale – Bearing Witness to Modern War. New York: Penguin, 1977.

LAWRENCE, T. E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Doubleday, Doran and Co. Garden City, New York: 1935.

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Published

2016-12-11

How to Cite

Burns, T. L. (2016). T. E. Lawrence: A Great War Memoir of an Ambivalent Hero. Literatura E Autoritarismo, (17). https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X25169