This magisterial biography of D. H. Lawrence, by three leading scholars, draws on an unprecedented range of documentary and oral sources to transform our understanding of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. The first volume describes Lawrence's upbringing, his years as a teacher, and his often troubled early relationships with women. The second volume covers the years 1912–22, as Lawrence forged a reputation as one of the greatest and most controversial writers of his time and revolutionised English fiction with Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow and Women in Love. The final volume chronicles Lawrence's travels in Ceylon, Australia, the USA and Mexico, his later literary career, his battle against censorship particularly over Lady Chatterley's Lover, and his ultimately unsuccessful struggle against tuberculosis. Lawrence is revealed as a complex, humorous and resolute man, grappling with the central problems of life and death.

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Product details
- Date Published: April 2014
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781107696723
- length: 2557 pages
- dimensions: 233 x 155 x 132 mm
- weight: 3.6kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: D. H. Lawrence: The Early Years 1885–1912: Author's preface
Illustrations and maps
Family tree
Chronology
Part I. Eastwood and Nottingham:
1. 1815–83 antecedents
2. 1883–92 home at Eastwood
3. 1892–1901 launching into life
4. 1901–5 widening circles
5. 1905–6 writing and painting
6. 1906 spirit love
7. 1906–8 college
Part II. Croydon and London
8. 1908–9 success
9. 1909–10 strife
10. 1910 the bitter river
11. 1911 the sick year
12. 1911–12 breaking off
Part III. Eastwood Again:
13. 1912 spring
14. 1912 Frieda Weekley. Volume 2: D. H. Lawrence: Triumph to Exile 1912–22: Part I. A World of Promise:
1. New life
2. New utterance
3. The Wedding Ring
Part II. Spear in the Side:
4. The Rainbow
5. Rainbow's end
Part III. Cornwall:
6. Midwinter life
7. Orpheus descending
Part IV. A Kind of Wintering:
8. On a ledge
9. Marking time
Part V. Italy Again:
10. Capri and Sicily
11. On the move
12. A sense of finality. Volume 3: D. H. Lawrence: Dying Game 1922–30: Chronology
Maps
Part I. Faring Forth:
1. February–April 1922 Ceylon
2. April–August 1922 Australia
3. August–December 1922 New Mexico
4. December 1922–March 1923 Christmas at Del Monte
5. March–July 1923 Old Mexico
6. July–November 1923 New York, Los Angeles, Guadalajara
Part II. The Second Visit to America:
7. November 1923–March 1924 European interlude
8. March–October 1924 Back to New Mexico
9. October 1924–February 1925 Oaxaca and The Plumed Serpent
10. November 1924–February 1925 Brett is banished
11. February–September 1925 The return to the ranch
Part III. Europe Once More:
12. September 1925–April 1926 Spotorno
13. April–October 1926 Florence and England
14. October 1926–March 1927 Two Lady Chatterleys
15. March–August 1927 Change of life
16. August 1927–January 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover
17. January–June 1928 Last days at the Villa Mirenda
Part IV. The Marvel of Being Alive:
18. June–November 1928 The search for health
19. November 1928–March 1929 Bandol
20. March–July 1929 Old haunts and new
21. July 1929–January 1930 Battling on
22. January–2 March 1930 Venice
Appendix 1. The writing life, 1922–30: prose
Appendix 2. The writing life, 1922–30: poetry.
Authors
David Ellis
John Worthen
Mark Kinkead-Weekes