The Fiction of D.H. Lawrence (Hardbound - 2006)

A great modernist novelist, short-story writer, poet, critic, playwright and essayist, D.H. Lawrence gave to the world his own brand of creativity as also his critical insights. Lawrence’s life, art, criticism, poetry and teaching were all so closely related that it is unusually difficult to distinguish one aspect of his achievement from all the others.

The present book, The Fiction of D.H. Lawrence attempts to render in a simple and lucid manner an in-depth analysis of Lawrentian fiction, aiming at acquainting readers with the passionate beliefs of Lawrence as manifested in his fictional material like his novels, novellas and short stories. The book analyses some of Lawrence’s major fictional works ranging from the outrageous Lady Chatterley’s Lover to little known works like The Man Who Died. The selection of novels, novellas and short stories analysed in the book has been done keeping in mind key issues like the manwoman relationship, the mystical religion of the blood or the dark Gods of Mexico etc. It traces the development of Lawrentian thought in terms of assumptions common to his essays as well as presenting him through a plethora of contemporary critics.

While the present work offers to the student community an accessible and exciting study material which would prove useful to them, it is a valuable source of reference for the teachers.

Dr Sujata Gurudev is Reader and Head of the Dept. of English, North Eastern Hill University Tura Campus. Her area of specialization is Modern Fiction Studies and American Literature. She is presently engaged in a team project, profiling the problems of English learners in the Garo Hills. She is likewise engaged in translating the Nav-Ratri into English freestyle verse. In addition to The Fiction of D.H. Lawrence, her another book that deserves mention is American Literature: Studies on Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville and Whitman.