The Letters of D. H. Lawrence | The Letters of D. H. Lawrence

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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...

The Letters of D. H. Lawrence | The Letters of D. H. Lawrence

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