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Acknowledgements
1. 'The Work of Creation': Lawrence and the Bible
2. Biblical intertextuality: Bakhtin, Bloom and Derrida
3. Higher criticism: Lawrence's break with Christianity
4. Poetic fathers: Nietzsche and the Romantic tradition
5. Pre-war poetry and fiction: Adam and Eve come through
6. Re-making Genesis: The Rainbow as counter-Bible
7. Double-reading the Bible: Esoteric Studies and Reflections
8. Genesis versus John: Women in Love, The Lost Girl and Mr Noon
9. Books of Exodus: Aaron's Rod, Kangaroo and The Boy in the Bush
10. Prose sketches, 'Evangelistic Beasts' and Stories with biblical 'Overtones'
11. Prophetic voices and 'red' mythology: The Plumed Serpent and David
12. The Risen Lord: The Escaped Cock, Lady Chatterley's Lover and the Paintings
13. Apocalypse: the conflict of love and power
14. Last Poems: final thoughts
List of references
Indices.
