我们在波劳伦斯的时候，有时虽然会提及印象派、野兽派、立体派或未来主义（因为劳伦斯多少谈到过它们，但是很少有人把他和表现主义联系在一起严这个原因是多方面的：劳伦斯显然不了解表现主义。他的作品中从未提到“表现主义”这个词。正如布雷恩·米切尔在《英国戏剧和散文 While we were in Lawrence, we sometimes referred to Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, or Futurism (because of how much Laurence talked about them, but very few people associate him with Expressionism for many reasons : Lawrence apparently did not understand expressionism, and his work never mentioned the word “expressionism.” Just as Brian Mitchell did in "English drama and prose