The Letters of D. H. Lawrence (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Type of Work: Letters
- Time of Work: March, 1924—March, 1927
- Setting: New Mexico, Mexico, England, Germany, and Italy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Letters
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Traveling or travelers, Socialism, France or French people, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, 1920’s, England or English people, Adultery, Creative process, Health, Mexico or Mexicans, Letters, Censorship, Tuberculosis, Fascism, Pornography
- Locales: France, Mexico, Paris, France, England, New Mexico, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Bavaria, Austria, Baden-Baden, Germany
Like the previous volumes of the Cambridge edition of D. H. Lawrence’s letters, volume 5 is distinguished by outstanding scholarship and bookmaking. Its 889 letters, written over a three-year period between March, 1924, and March, 1927, are attractively presented in full and accurate texts, clearly identified as to date and place of origin, recipient, and the present source or location of the text used. Footnotes concisely explain the identities of the correspondents, translate foreign phrases, and identify unfamiliar references. Equally helpful are the letters to Lawrence, a...
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