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. D. H. Lawrence is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide which:

* offers basic information on Lawrence's, contexts and works
* outlines the major critical issues surrounding his works, from the time they were written to the present
* explain the full range of often very different critical views and interpretation
* offer guides to further reading in each area discussed.

This guidebook 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 the work of D. H. Lawrence.

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).

Table of Contents Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Referencing Introduction 1. Life and Contexts 2. Work 3. Criticism Further reading Chronology Bibliography