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D. H. Lawrence: The Early Years 1885–1912

D. H. Lawrence: The Early Years 1885–1912

D. H. Lawrence: The Early Years 1885–1912

The Cambridge Biography of D. H. Lawrence
Volume 1:
John Worthen, University of Wales, Swansea
September 1992
1
Paperback
9780521437721
$58.99
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    The first volume of the three-volume Cambridge Biography of D. H. Lawrence was originally published in 1991, and draws on a wide range of documentary and oral sources, many of them hitherto unpublished, to reveal a complex portrait of an extraordinary man. It describes his upbringing in a small colliery town in Nottinghamshire, his years spent as a teacher and his disastrous sexual experiments with Jessie Chambers, Helen Corke and Alice Dax, as well as providing a radical account of his early relationship with Frieda Weekley, Lawrence's 'woman of a life-time'. It ends with the completion of his great autobiographical novel Sons and Lovers. This volume has already established itself as the most complete and authoritative account available.

    • A definitive biography, widely and well reviewed
    • Presents a wealth of material - including interviews (taped years ago) with people who knew Lawrence well
    • Was the first biography to have access to complete Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works

    Reviews & endorsements

    '… a model of scrupulous scholarship presented in a lucid and accessible style … adds much new detail to a … fascinating story.' David Lodge, The Sunday Times

    'Outstanding in terms of both scholarship and understanding. I do not believe it could be better done.' Allan Massie, Weekend Telegraph

    'This is a superb biography.' Anthony Curtis, Financial Times

    'It is hard to imagine that this biography will soon be superseded.' Sir Frank Kermode, Guardian

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    Product details

    September 1992
    Paperback
    9780521437721
    692 pages
    235 × 155 × 45 mm
    1.01kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Author's preface
    • Illustrations and maps
    • Family tree
    • Chronology
    • Part I. Eastwood and Nottingham:
    • 1. 1815–83 antecedents
    • 2. 1883–92 home at Eastwood
    • 3. 1892–1901 launching into life
    • 4. 1901–5 widening circles
    • 5. 1905–6 Writing and painting
    • 6. 1906 spirit love
    • 7. 1906–8 college
    • Part II. Croydon and London
    • 8. 1908–9 success
    • 9. 1909–10 strife
    • 10. 1910 The bitter river
    • 11. 1911 The sick year
    • 12. 1911–12 breaking off
    • Part III. Eastwood Again:
    • 13. 1912 spring
    • 14. 1912 Frieda Weekley.
      Author
    • John Worthen , University of Nottingham