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Introduced by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.

In this notorious late novel, Lawrence s pagan imaginings burgeon. Kate Leslie, an Irish widow touring Mexico, becomes gradually involved with a charismatic leader, and she enters a sexual relationship with his dark henchman.

As the two men conspire to revive the old Aztec religion and seize power, Kate is increasingly implicated in their `blood consciousness , phallic propaganda and right-wing violence.

The Plumed Serpent abounds in the `politically incorrect : Lawrence retains his power to shock. As a publisher once said, `Anything to do with D. H. L. is rather dangerous.