New D.H. Lawrence

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New D.H. Lawrence offers a contemporary exploration of one of Britain's key modernist writers through fresh critical perspectives. This collection gathers leading Lawrence scholars to examine his works through diverse lenses, including marketing strategies, Marxist and eco-critical approaches, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and cultural critique. Essays delve into major texts such as Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and the widely debated Lady Chatterley's Lover, revealing new insights into themes of ethics, war, gender, class, and modernist radical cultures.
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This book is ideal for scholars, students, and readers interested in modernist literature, literary criticism, cultural studies, and those wishing to deepen their understanding of D.H. Lawrence’s work within contemporary scholarly debates.

Suitable for those concerned with contemporary writing on D H Lawrence, modernism and English radical cultures, this work includes such chapters as: Andrew Harrison on the marketing of "Sons and Lovers"; Howard J Booth on "The Rainbow"; Holly A Laird on ethics and suicide in "Women in Love"; and Hugh Stevens on psychoanalysis in "Women in Love".

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New D.H. Lawrence uses current and emergent approaches in literary studies to explore one of Britain's major modernist writers. The collection features new work by the present generation of Lawrence scholars, who are brought together here for the first time.

Chapters include:

Andrew Harrison on the marketing of Sons and Lovers; Howard J. Booth on The Rainbow, Marxist criticism and colonialism; Holly A. Laird on ethics and suicide in Women in Love; Hugh Stevens on psychoanalysis and war in Women in Love; Jeff Wallace on Lawrence, Deleuze and abstraction; Stefania Michelucci on myth and war in 'The Ladybird'; Bethan Jones on gender and comedy in the late short fiction; Fiona Becket on green cultural critique, Apocalypse and Birds, Beasts and Flowers; and Sean Matthews on class, Leavis and the trial of Lady Chatterley.

New D.H. Lawrence will be of interest to all concerned with contemporary writing on Lawrence, modernism and English radical cultures.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Dr David Bradshaw, Worcester College, Oxford, praises the volume for its lively and accessible essays that invite readers to rethink Lawrence’s writings through contemporary concerns such as empire, eco-criticism, and philosophy, describing it as an invigorating reassessment of his reputation.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780719078361

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 February 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Illustration: Illustrations, black & white

Contributors:

Edited by Howard Booth

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 408g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Howard J. Booth is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Manchester