The Relationship between Fiction and Metaphysics in Short Story “The White Stocking”
Explore the relationship between fiction and metaphysics and/or ethics in D. H. Lawrence’s short story “The White Stocking” D.H. Lawrence was well known, arguably notorious, for advocating the doctrine of romantic vitalism both in his life and in his writings. Originally a scientific term, the Oxford English Dictionary defines romantic vitalism as “The doctrine or theory that the origin and phenomena of life are due to or produced by a vital principle, as distinct from a purely chemical or physical […]