1 MAY 1982, page 22

Blood-being

Anthony Thwaite The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Volume II, 1913-16 Edited by George J. Zytaruk and James T. Boulton (Cambridge University Press f20) w riting to an American......

Das Tremendum

Eric Christiansen Society and the Holy in late Antiquity Peter Brown (Faber £10.50) T he defence of the holy is still an emotional business, but does it arouse as much fury as......