The Real D.H. Lawrence (Hardback)
Imprint: White Owl
Series: The Real...
Pages: 224
Illustrations: 32 mono illustrations
ISBN: 9781399058162
Published: 11th November 2024
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The Real D H Lawrence is something of a misnomer – for who can ever truly know the real Lawrence? Lawrence himself spent a lifetime roaming the depths of his imagination trying to communicate the essence of who he really was – a quest that ultimately gifted the world twelve full-length novels, eight plays, over eight-hundred poems, enough paintings to form an exhibition, travel essays, novellas and short story collections: and a vast catalogue of non-fiction ranging from topics as diverse as European history to psychoanalysis.
In this expertly researched exploration of Lawrence, Caroline Roope offers a captivating re-telling of the enigmatic author’s life, from his humble beginnings in the coal mining districts of Nottinghamshire to his final struggle with censorship and his battle to stay alive. Drawing on Lawrence’s published works, as well as his vast personal correspondence, The Real D. H. Lawrence offers a fresh insight into Lawrence’s creative process; and his stubborn refusal to live anything less than a life that was right for him, in a world he believed had gone terribly wrong.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
NetGalley, Anita Wallas
I must confess I’m not a huge Lawrence fan. I’m familiar with the area in which he grew up and I read a couple of his novels porobably some forty years ago and haven’t engaged since, He’s always seemed rather enigmatic and on reflection, I hadn’t realised the extent of his other work including poetry and art work along with countless essays.
Caroline Roope’s research appears meticulous and considered. Her source material is extensive and this feels like an authoritative and well informed exploration of his life and those who influenced him. He doesn’t always come out of it terribly well and to a large extent, the man remains something of a mystery, Conflicted and passionate, articulate and often angry, he saw inequality and injustice all around and used words to express his feelings. On the basis of reading this, I’m going to look out some of his work and see if it has more appeal later in life and with a better understanding of the man and his background. It’s very well written and should appeal to anyone who loves books and particularly Lawrence’s works.
This is an honest and well accounted book about his life and death, and also incorporates the impact he had on others, particularly his cruelty to his childhood sweetheart, Jessie. It details well his enmeshment with his mother, the realities of life in a mining village and his true feelings on the futility of war.
NetGalley, Gem Fletcher
Interesting, enlightening and well written.
About Caroline Roope
Caroline Roope is a freelance writer, specialising in social history and genealogy. She contributes regularly to Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Best of British, Discover Your Ancestors Periodical and Discover Your Ancestors Bookazine, writing on social history topics as diverse as Scalextric to Victorian cross-dressing. Following an MA with Distinction in Heritage Management she spent over ten years working in the heritage and museums sector, for small scale independent charities as well as the National Trust and English Heritage and is published academically in the International Journal of Intangible Heritage.
Uncensored version of D. H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" finally goes on sale in the UK after a jury finds publisher Penguin Books not guilty in an obscenity trial
10th November 1960
Uncensored version of D. H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" finally goes on sale in the UK after a jury finds publisher Penguin Books not guilty in an obscenity trial