Fiona Becket D
THE COMPLETE CRITICAL GUIDE TO
D. H. L A W R E N C E
How did Lawrence become one of modernism’s most dominant and highly controversial authors?
Why is criticism of his work still animated today?
So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author ’s life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. The Complete Critical
Guide to D.H. Lawrence is part of a unique series of comprehensive, user-friendly introductions which:
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•
•
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offer basic information on an author ’s life, contexts and works outline the major critical issues surrounding the author ’s works, from the time they were written to the present leave judgements up to you, by explaining the full range of often very different critical views and interpretations offer guides to further reading in each area discussed.
This series has a broad focus but one very clear aim: to equip you with all the knowledge you need to make your own new readings of crucial literary texts.
‘The Complete Critical Guide to D.H. Lawrence is a lucid and remarkably comprehensive survey of Lawrence’s life and work and of the extensive criticism devoted to his writings. Covering his poems, novels, short fiction, plays and ancillary prose writings, and outlining most of the major critical works and positions in respect of them, Fiona Becket’s
Guide will be an invaluable resource for all students of Lawrence, lay or professional.’
Peter Widdowson, University of Gloucestershire
Fiona Becket lectures in twentieth-century English literature at the
University of Leeds. She is the author of D.H. Lawrence: The Thinker as
Poet (1997).
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CONTENTS
THE COMPLETE CRITICAL GUIDE TO
ENGLISH
L I T E R AT U R E
Series Editors
RICHARD BRADFORD AND JAN JEDRZEJEWSKI
Also available in this series:
The Complete Critical Guide to Samuel Beckett
David Pattie
The Complete Critical Guide to Robert Browning
Stefan Hawlin
The Complete Critical Guide to Geoffrey
D. H. L A W R E N C E
How did Lawrence become one of modernism’s most dominant and highly controversial authors?
Why is criticism of his work still animated today?
So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author ’s life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. The Complete Critical
Guide to D.H. Lawrence is part of a unique series of comprehensive, user-friendly introductions which:
•
•
•
•
offer basic information on an author ’s life, contexts and works outline the major critical issues surrounding the author ’s works, from the time they were written to the present leave judgements up to you, by explaining the full range of often very different critical views and interpretations offer guides to further reading in each area discussed.
This series has a broad focus but one very clear aim: to equip you with all the knowledge you need to make your own new readings of crucial literary texts.
‘The Complete Critical Guide to D.H. Lawrence is a lucid and remarkably comprehensive survey of Lawrence’s life and work and of the extensive criticism devoted to his writings. Covering his poems, novels, short fiction, plays and ancillary prose writings, and outlining most of the major critical works and positions in respect of them, Fiona Becket’s
Guide will be an invaluable resource for all students of Lawrence, lay or professional.’
Peter Widdowson, University of Gloucestershire
Fiona Becket lectures in twentieth-century English literature at the
University of Leeds. She is the author of D.H. Lawrence: The Thinker as
Poet (1997).
i
CONTENTS
THE COMPLETE CRITICAL GUIDE TO
ENGLISH
L I T E R AT U R E
Series Editors
RICHARD BRADFORD AND JAN JEDRZEJEWSKI
Also available in this series:
The Complete Critical Guide to Samuel Beckett
David Pattie
The Complete Critical Guide to Robert Browning
Stefan Hawlin
The Complete Critical Guide to Geoffrey
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