| A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence Contributor(s): Mack, John E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674704940 ISBN-13: 9780674704947 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: First published in 1976, John Mack's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography humanely and objectively explores the relationship between T.E. Lawrence's inner life and his historically significant actions. Extensive research provides the basis for Mack's sensitive investigation of the psychological dimensions of Lawrence's personality and with the history, sociology, and politics of his time. 27 photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98141432 |
| Physical Information: 1.43" H x 5.01" W x 7.7" (1.42 lbs) 624 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography first appeared in 1976, it rescued T. E. Lawrence from the mythologizing that had seemed to be his fate. In it, John Mack humanely and objectively explores the relationship between Lawrence's inner life and his historically significant actions. Extensive interviews, far-flung correspondence, access to War Office dispatches and unpublished letters provide the basis for Mack's sensitive investigation of the psychiatric dimensions of Lawrence's personality. In addition, Mack examines the pertinent history, politics, and sociology of the time in order to weigh the real forces with which Lawrence contended and which impinged upon him. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mack, John E.: - John Mack, M.D., was Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Founding Director of the Center for Psychology and Social Change, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |