Since the end of the First World War, the legend of 'Lawrence of Arabia' has enjoyed much currency in the popular imagination of the West. Behind this legend, however, is a man, Thomas Edward Lawrence, tortured and brilliant, a man whose life and literature reflect the modern consciousness and the war that indelibly marked it. Here in this volume are essays which seek to address what has been overlooked by the legend and to better understand the legacy of his presence in the twentieth century. Contributors explore Lawrence's relation to other major writers of his time, the colonial and postcolonial implications of his link with Arabia, his sexuality, and his status as cultural icon.

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CHARLES M. STANG was the 1997/98 Annenberg Fellow at Eton College in Windsor, England, where he taught American Studies. He is currently a contributing writer for the Boston Book Review.

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Introduction; C. M.Stang Lawrence in the Twenty-First Century; J.Wilson Lawrence the Stylist; A.Aciman Lawrence and Modernism; T.C.Theoharis Lawrence and his Legacy in Arabia; K.Abdel-Malek Lawrence and the Shaws; J.Hart Lawrence and Odysseus; M.Cohn Lawrence's Odyssey; S.Nelson & M.Cohn Lawrence and the Desert; C.M.Stang