La contre-Apocalypse de D. H. Lawrence

Marc Porée reviews a French reissue of D. H. Lawrence’s Apocalypse and related essays, translated by Thérèse Aubray and published by Les Belles Lettres in the ‘Le goût des idées’ collection. Composed near Lawrence’s death at 44, Apocalypse presents a ‘counter-apocalypse’ responding to biblical eschatology with solar affirmation. The review explores Lawrence’s philosophical thinking—often dismissed as irrational but present throughout his work—expressed in prose-poetic, speculative language reminiscent of German Romanticism. While acknowledging the value of this republication, Porée notes Lawrence’s ambivalent reputation stems from provocative statements about modernity and the irrational, lamenting the edition lacks critical apparatus suited to such a polemicist. The collection spans essays from 1915 onward, presenting Lawrence’s distinctive thought that predates divisions between fiction, poetry, and philosophy.

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