The Life of D. H. Lawrence: A Critical Biography (Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies)

Complete with fresh perspectives, and drawing on the latest scholarship and biographical sources, __The Life of D. H. Lawrence__ spans the full range of his intellectual interests and creative output to offer new insights into Lawrence’s life, work, and legacy. * Addresses his major works, but also lesser-known writings in different genres and his late paintings, in order to reassess the innovative, challenging, and subversive aspects of Lawrence’s personality and writing * Incorporates newly-discovered sources, including correspondence, a manuscript written in 1923-4, new evidence for important influences on his major novels and two previously unpublished images of the author * Emphasizes Lawrence’s gregarious nature, his desire to collaborate with others, and his adaptability to different social situations * Pays particular attention to the many interactions with literary advisors, editors, agents, publishers, and printers that were required for him to work as a professional writer * Combines new material with astute commentary to provide a nuanced understanding of one of the most prolific and controversial authors of the twentieth century Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Contents 7 List of Illustrations 9 Acknowledgements 11 Abbreviations 13 Preface 18 Part I Literary Formation: 1885–1912 25 Chapter 1 Early Voices: September 1885–October 1908 27 (i) Eastwood 27 (ii) ‘In-betweens’ 29 (iii) Haggs Farm and Jessie Chambers 32 (iv) Books 35 (v) Pupil-teacher 37 (vi) Writing 39 (vii) College 42 (viii) ‘Ruby-Glass’ 44 (ix) Modified beliefs 46 (x) ‘Art and the Individual’ 47 (xi) ‘Laetitia’ 49 (xii) ‘La dernière fois’ 50 Notes 51 Chapter 2 Literary London: October 1908–April 1910 55 (i) Croydon 55 (ii) ‘Unrelenting realism’ 58 (iii) The English Review and Ford Madox Hueffer 60 (iv) ‘All the Swells’ 62 (v) Versions of Eastwood 64 (vi) ‘From woman to woman’ 66 (vii) ‘The Saga of Siegmund’ 68 Notes 70 Chapter 3 ‘A Small but Individual Name’: April 1910–May 1912 73 (i) Editors, publishers and printers 73 (ii) ‘Paul Morel’ 75 (iii) Engagement to Louie 77 (iv) Death and love 78 (v) ‘Intimacy’ 83 (vi) Kinds of betrayal 84 (vii) Edward Garnett 86 (viii) Collapse and convalescence 90 (ix) Breaking off 92 (x) Frieda 96 (xi) ‘Making history’ 100 Notes 100 Part II UnEnglished: 1912–1914 103 Chapter 4 ‘Coming Out Wholesome and Myself’: May 1912–May 1913 105 (i) In fortified Germany 105 (ii) Retreat to Waldbröl 107 (iii) Honeymoon 110 (iv) ‘Illicit’ 111 (v) Conflict and tension 114 (vi) Over the Alps 116 (vii) Riva and Gargnano 118 (viii) Re-seeing ‘Paul Morel’ 120 (ix) Transformations 122 (x) Finding a public 123 (xi) ‘The humpiest hump’ 124 (xii) ‘The end of my youthful period’ 126 Notes 128 Chapter 5 Forging a Career: June 1913–August 1914 130 (i) ‘One sheds ones sicknesses in books’ 130 (ii) New stories 131 (iii) Back to England 132 (iv) Broadstairs 134 (v) Taking breath in Irschenhausen 135 (vi) Fiascherino 137 (vii) ‘Scapegoats still’ 139 (viii) ‘I have to write differently’ 141 (ix) Divorce 143 (x) ‘A bit futuristic’ 144 (xi) Striking out 144 (xii) The married man 146 Notes 147 Part III The Bitterness of the War and its Aftermath: 1914–1919 149 Chapter 6 ‘The Real Fighting Line’: August 1914–December 1915 151 (i) Nightmare 151 (ii) Fantasies of escape 154 (iii) ‘Coming into my full feather’ 156 (iv) ‘Philosophicalish’ 159 (v) ‘England, My England’ 161 (vi) Hopefulness – and despair 164 (vii) ‘The end of my writing for England’ 168 Notes 171 Chapter 7 Outlaw: December 1915–April 1918 174 (i) Cornwall 174 (ii) ‘Dies Irae’ 180 (iii) ‘The Reality of Peace’ 185 (iv) Writing for the ‘unseen witnesses’ 188 (v) Eviction and Mecklenburgh Square 191 (vi) Hermitage 194 Notes 197 Chapter 8 ‘Laid Up’: May 1918–November 1919 201 (i) Mountain Cottage 201 (ii) A bleak Armistice 206 (iii) Pangbourne and Grimsbury Farm 214 (iv) Sailing away 217 Notes 218 Part IV Europe Again: 1919–1922 221 Chapter 9 Italy and Sicily: November 1919–December 1920 223 (i) Getting free 223 (ii) Picinisco and Capri 225 (iii) ‘Charity-boy of literature’ 226 (iv) Magnus and Monte Cassino 228 (v) Taormina 230 (vi) Magnus, again 231 (vii) Literary business 233 (viii) Escaping the heat 234 (ix) Rosalind Baynes 235 (x) Restlessness 236 Notes 239 Chapter 10 End of the Line: January 1921–February 1922 242 (i) Sardinia 242 (ii) ‘Absolutely at an end with the civilised world’ 243 (iii) Ebersteinburg and the completion of Aaron’s Rod 245 (iv) Zell-am-See 248 (v) Attacks on Women in Love 249 (vi) Invitation to New Mexico 251 (vii) Finishing up 251 (viii) Leaving Taormina 254 Notes 255 Part V New Worlds and Old Worlds: 1922–1925 259 Chapter 11 Ceylon and Australia: February–August 1922 261 (i) The voyage out 261 (ii) Ceylon 262 (iii) On to Australia 264 (iv) Sydney and Thirroul 266 Notes 269 Chapter 12 On to America: August 1922–November 1923 271 (i) Eastward to America 271 (ii) New Mexico and ‘Mabeltown’ 272 (iii) New opportunities 274 (iv) The Danes and Del Monte 275 (v) ‘Bibbles’ 279 (vi) Thought adventures 280 (vii) Old Mexico 281 (viii) Chapala and ‘Quetzalcoatl’ 283 (ix) New York – and separation 285 (x) ‘A loose, easy, rather foolish world’ 287 (xi) With Gøtzsche to Guadalajara 288 Notes 291 Chapter 13 Broken Bonds: December 1923–July 1924 294 (i) ‘On Coming Home’ 294 (ii) Party at the Café Royal 295 (iii) European interlude 297 (iv) America again, with Brett 299 (v) Taos and the Kiowa Ranch 299 (vi) ‘The Woman Who Rode Away’ 302 (vii) Literary recognition 304 Notes 305 Chapter 14 Writing for the Race: August 1924 –September 1925 307 (i) Setback 307 (ii) ‘The Princess’ 309 (iii) Mexico City, Oaxaca, and the completion of ‘Quetzalcoatl’ 310 (iv) Mexican essays 313 (v) Conflict with Brett 314 (vi) Sickness and departure 315 (vii) Recuperating at the ranch 316 (viii) Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine 321 (ix) ‘Still a European’ 323 Notes 324 Part VI Returning: 1925–1927 327 Chapter 15 Understanding: September 1925–April 1926 329 (i) ‘The body of my past’ 329 (ii) ‘Smile’ 331 (iii) Spotorno 332 (iv) A new language for the feelings 333 (v) ‘Dismal as Hades’ 336 (vi) Ravello and Brett 338 (vii) Reconciliation 340 Notes 341 Chapter 16 Writing and Painting: April 1926–March 1927 343 (i) Florence and the Villa Mirenda 343 (ii) ‘The Man Who Loved Islands’ 346 (iii) Last visit to England 348 (iv) New pursuits, fresh perspectives 351 (v) The First Lady Chatterley 352 (vi) Paintings 354 (vii) The Second Lady Chatterley 357 (viii) ‘The Lovely Lady’ 359 Notes 360 Part VII ‘Unfailing Courage’: 1927–1930 363 Chapter 17 Friendship and Isolation: March 1927 –May 1928 365 (i) Etruscan places 365 (ii) Change of life 367 (iii) Satirical fables 369 (iv) ‘The Man Who Was Through with the World’ 370 (v) Forte dei Marmi – and illness 371 (vi) Ossiachersee 372 (vii) Slow recovery 373 (viii) Compiling Collected Poems 376 (ix) Plans to publish Lady Chatterley’s Lover 377 (x) Les Diablerets 379 (xi) Set apart 381 Notes 384 Chapter 18 ‘Dropping a Little Bomb in the World’s Crinoline of Hypocrisy’: May 1928–August 1929 387 (i) Polemical essays 387 (ii) Travelling with the Brewsters 388 (iii) Gsteig-bei-Gstaad 390 (iv) ‘Red Trousers’ 393 (v) Port Cros 395 (vi) Bandol and Pansies 398 (vii) Confiscated poems 402 (viii) Paris 405 (ix) Spain, and Majorca 406 (x) ‘Succès de scandale’ 410 (xi) Plättig 412 (xii) Writing for an ‘improper public’ 413 Notes 414 Chapter 19 ‘Living on his Spirit’: August 1929 –March 1930 418 (i) Nostalgia and anticipation 418 (ii) Return to Bandol, and Villa Beau Soleil 420 (iii) ‘The big old pagan vision’ 422 (iv) ‘Semi-invalid’ 423 (v) Ad Astra 425 (vi) Final words 427 Notes 427 Afterword 430 Notes 433 Bibliography 435 Further biographical sources 435 Criticism and commentary 440 Index 444 EULA 475 Offers Fresh Insights Into The Life, Work, And Legacy Of D.h. Lawrence, Drawing On His Writings And Letters, As Well As The Latest Scholarship And Biographical Sources-- Machine Generated Contents Note: Preface -- Literary Formation, 1885-1912. Early Voices, September 1885-october 1908 -- Literary London, October 1908-april 1910 -- 'a Small But Individual Name', April 1910-may 1912 -- Unenglished, 1912-1914. 'coming Out Wholesome And Myself', May 1912-may 1913 -- Forging A Career, June 1913-august 1914 -- The Bitterness Of The War And Its Aftermath, 1914-1919. 'the Real Fighting Line', August 1914-december 1915 -- Outlaw, December 1915-april 1918 -- 'laid Up', May 1918-november 1919 -- Europe Again, 1919-1922 -- Italy And Sicily, November 1919-december 1920 -- End Of The Line, January 1921-february 1922 -- New Worlds And Old Worlds, 1922-1925. Ceylon And Australia, February-august 1922 -- On To America, August 1922-november 1923 -- Broken Bonds, December 1923-july 1924 -- Writing For The Race, August 1924 -september 1925 -- Returning, 1925-1927. Understanding, September 1925-april 1926 -- Writing And Painting, April 1926-march 1927 -- 'unfailing Courage', 1927-1930. Friendship And Isolation, March 1927 -may 1928 -- 'dropping A Little Bomb In The World's Crinoline Of Hypocrisy', May 1928-august 1929 -- 'living On His Spirit', August 1929 -march 1930 -- Afterword. Andrew Harrison. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.