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Journal
of the T. E. Lawrence Society Vol. XI, No. 2 Spring 2002 Edited by Philip Kerrigan Malcolm Brown, 'Lawrence at the Imperial War Museum' (6-19)
T. E. Lawrence by James
McBey, 1918 The
Museum dates from 1917 and covers hostilities since 1914. The large range
of exhibits on display includes those connected with the First World War
conflict in the Middle East. Malcolm Brown, who has been a freelance
historian at the Museum since 1989, has written an article describing
those exhibits associated with Lawrence. Jeremy Wilson, 'Lawrence in London' (20-45) (Paper
given at the Society’s Oxford Symposium,
Bust
of T. E.Lawrence by Eric Kennington The
subject of this article is Jeremy Wilson’s investigation as to why
Lawrence should have chosen London as his favourite place to live. It
includes a useful catalogue
raisonné
of what Jeremy Wilson calls
traces of Lawrence to be found in London. Harold Orlans, 'Lawrence's finances' (46-65) Biographers
have not dwelt, to any great extent, on Lawrence's attitude towards
money. Harold Orlans has devoted a considerable amount of time in
researching this subject. Starting from Lawrence's youth and tracing
through to his last days, he has extracted from numerous sources
constructive evidence to show, over the years, how complex that attitude
was. In his later years Lawrence seemed intent on earning just the right
amount of money to suit his requirements: not a penny more, not a penny
less. 'Only Lawrence could contrive such a problem', writes Harold
Orlans. Susan Williams, 'On Orientalism: Re-viewing Edward Said's View of T.E. Lawrence' (66-79) Edward
E. Said wrote many books on literature, music, cultural criticism and
Middle Eastern problems. He was University Professor at Columbia
University where he taught English and Comparative Literature. Born in
Jerusalem in 1935 he was educated at Victoria College, Cairo and Mount
Herman School, Massachusetts. He attended Princeton and Harvard
Universities. In 1993 he delivered the Reith Lectures. In
1978 he published Orientalism, a
general survey of Western attitudes towards the East. It is a forceful
and influential work that received widespread recognition. T. E.
Lawrence is portrayed as an Orientalist, which meant that he supported
imperialism. Susan
Williams teaches in the English Department at University of Arkansas. In
her article she criticizes Said for not taking into account substantial
evidence that significantly qualifies his contention that Lawrence,
among others, was an 'agent of empire'. Previous: Contents of Vol. XI, No. 1 Next: Contents of Vol. XII , No.1 You can buy issues of the Journal
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