Product Description

The Cambridge Companion to D. H. Lawrence contains fourteen chapters by leading international scholars. They offer a series of alternative perspectives on one of the most important and controversial writers of the twentieth century. These specially-commissioned essays offer diverse and stimulating readings of Lawrence’s major novels, short stories, poetry and plays, and place Lawrence’s writing in a variety of literary, cultural, and political contexts, such as modernism, sexual and ethnic identity, and psychoanalysis. The concluding chapter addresses the vexed history of Lawrence’s critical reception throughout the twentieth century. The volume, which will be of interest to scholars and students alike, features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading.

Product Details

• Published on: 2001-05-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 316 pages

Review
‘The excellent Companion certainly testifies to Lawrence’s multifariousness, managing to do justice to a substantial amount of his achievement; to survey his critical legacy; and to add valuable new approaches to it.’ Times Literary Supplement

‘… particularly good on lesser-known aspects of his work such as the plays and poems.’ English Studies

Customer Reviews

Thought provoking overview of Lawrence's work
This book offers a comprehensive overview of Lawrence's work. The essays - written by leading figures in the field of Lawrence - address the success not only of his prose, but also of his drama and poetry.

The text, thought provoking in style, explores more traditional areas of interest in Lawrence - his interest in sexuality, and the representation of selfhood - as well as adopting more radical approaches to his writing.

Most useful perhaps are the final chapters which reassess Lawrence's position in the canon and consider the impact of his work at the turn of the new millennium. Due attention is paid to Lawrence's contribution to modernism, and to the way in which postmodern literart theory can be applied to his work.

A very useful introduction to Lawrence which is appropriate not only for the general reader, but for those studying Lawrence at A-Level or for a degree.