Winner of the DHLSNA Biennial Award for a Book by a Newly Published Scholar
Exploring draft manuscripts, alternative texts and publishers' typescripts, The Many Drafts of D. H. Lawrence reveals new insights into the writings and writing practices of one of the most important writers of the 20th century. Focusing on the most productive years of Lawrence's writing life, between 1909 and 1926 - a time that saw the writing of major novels such as Women in Love and the controversial The Plumed Serpent, as well as his first major short story collection - this book is the first to apply analytical methods from the field of genetic criticism to the archives of this canonical modernist author.
The book unearths and re-evaluates a variety of themes including the body, death, love, trauma, depression, memory, the sublime, selfhood, and endings, and includes original transcriptions as well as reproductions from the manuscripts themselves. By charting Lawrence's writing processes, the book also highlights how the very distinction between 'process' and 'product' became a central theme in his work.
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Elliott Morsia is an Independent Scholar and former Visiting Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.
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Winner of the DHLSNA Biennial Award for an Article by a Newly Published Scholar
Exploring draft manuscripts, alternative texts and publishers' typescripts, The Many Drafts of D. H. Lawrence reveals new insights into the writings and writing practices of one of the most important writers of the 20th century. Focusing on the most productive years of Lawrence's writing life, between 1909 and 1926 - a time that saw the writing of major novels such as Women in Love and the controversial The Plumed Serpent, as well as his first major short story collection - this book is the first to apply analytical methods from the field of genetic criticism to the archives of this canonical modernist author.
The book unearths and re-evaluates a variety of themes including the body, death, love, trauma, depression, memory, the sublime, selfhood, and endings, and includes original transcriptions as well as reproductions from the manuscripts themselves. By charting Lawrence's writing processes, the book also highlights how the very distinction between 'process' and 'product' became a central theme in his work.
Inhalt
Series Editor Preface
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations and Note on the Text
Introduction
Part One: Critical Frameworks
Chapter One: Anglo-American Traditions, Genetic Criticism, and Recent Developments
Part Two: 'Odour of Chrysanthemums' (1909-1914)
Chapter Two: Setting the Scene
Part Three: Women in Love (1913-1921)
Chapter Three: Re-Evaluating the Compositional History
Chapter Four: Early Fragments and Multiple Drafts
Chapter Five: Genetic Dialogism in the Notebooks
Chapter Six: Genetic Dialogism in the Typescripts
Part Four: The Plumed Serpent (1923-1926)
Chapter Seven: Criticism, Composition, and Writing Depression
Chapter Eight: Writing an Ending
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index