The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence (The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of D. H. Lawrence) - Hardcover

D. H. Lawrence , Edited By James T. Boulton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521401151 ISBN 13: 9780521401159

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

An authoritative selection of letters by one of the great English letter-writers, first published in 1997, is also available in paperback.

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Lawrence's renowned creativity is conspicuous in his letters. Here in over 330 of them - many first published in the acclaimed seven-volume Cambridge Edition - are exemplified the remarkable variety and inventiveness he could command. He corresponded with the elite - aristocrats, fellow authors, painters, publishers and others from the intelligentsia; but not with these only. With equal concern he wrote to his sisters, a childhood friend suffering from tuberculosis, a Post Office clerk or an Italian servant-girl. Lawrence revelled in the act of communication, using a direct, unvarnished but invariably vivid style appropriate to each correspondent. His letters are notable for expressive and imaginative energy, wit and comedy, the tender and the tempestuous, combined with an extraordinary sensitivity to the natural world as well as to the human condition - and much besides. Few English letter-writers offer a comparable range of interest. In his introductory essay James Boulton provides a rare critical assessment of Lawrence's epistolary achievement. In addition to the annotated texts of the letters, also included are a biographical list of Lawrence's correspondents; brief chronological and descriptive introductions to each section; and a full general index.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521401151
• ISBN 13: 9780521401159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 584