Sea and Sardinia
Sea and Sardinia
Author: D.H. Lawrence
Desc: David Herbert Richards Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included novels short stories poems plays essays travel books translations literary criticism and personal letters. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality spontaneity sexuality and human instinct. Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution censorship and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage." E. M. Forster in an obituary notice challenged this widely held view describing him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." Lawrence is perhaps best known for his novels Sons and Lovers The Rainbow and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Within these he explores the possibilities for life and living within an Industrial setting. His other works include: The White Peacock (1911) The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd (1914) The Lost Girl (1920) St. Mawr (1925) The Man Who Died (1931) and The Fight for Barbara (1933).