D. H. Lawrence: Triumph to Exile 1912–1922 : The Cambridge Biography of D. H. Lawrence : Volume 2

(Author) Mark Kinkead-Weekes
Format: Paperback
Price: £39.99

This second volume of the acclaimed Cambridge biography of D. H. Lawrence covers the years 1912-22, the period in which he forged his reputation as one of the greatest and most controversial writers of the twentieth century. The story opens as the twenty-six-year-old Lawrence travels to Germany with Frieda Weekley, the wife of a university professor and mother of three small children. In his baggage on that prosaic cross-channel ferry was a draft of Sons and Lovers, the first of a group of novels with which Lawrence was to revolutionize English fiction over the next decade. This meticulously researched volume opens a new perspective on the central period of Lawrence's life and literary career. Drawing on memoirs, oral recollections, and unpublished manuscript material, it deals squarely with the vexing issue of Lawrence and Frieda's personal relations--issues that have more often been gossiped about than scrupulously examined. Above all it reveals the triumph of Lawrence's art during a decade of extraordinary trials in which, against all reasonable odds, the coal-miner's son established himself as the most innovative and notorious novelist of his generation.

Information
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781107403000
Publish year:
2011
Publish date:
Nov. 24, 2011

Mark Kinkead-Weekes

Mark Kinkead-Weekes was a British literary critic known for his seminal work "The Joycean Epiphany in the Novel." His meticulous analysis of James Joyce's writing style and exploration of epiphanies in literature greatly influenced the study of modernist fiction. His critical insights continue to inspire scholars and readers alike.

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