Henry Lawson: The Man and the Legend
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Henry Lawson: The Man and the Legend
By (Author) Manning Clark
Melbourne University Press
Melbourne University Press
31st August 1991
Australia
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
828
Physical Properties
Paperback
188
Width 156mm, Height 232mm, Spine 13mm
238g
Description
Manning Clark intimately reconstructs Lawson's agonising, and ultimately unsuccessful search for fulfilment of genius and happiness. Henry Lawson was a deeply divided man. He was a soul burdened with an insatiable craving for love, a combative spirit with impossible hopes that mankind might sort itself our. Yet, he openly loathed huge sections of humanity and sang the blessings of war. Manning Clark intimately reconstructs Lawson's agonising, and ultimately unsuccessful search for fulfilment of genius and happiness. The great irony is that Lawson's poetry inspired the feeling that life was worth living.
