Lady Chatterley - The Making of the Novel

First published in 1988, Lady Chatterley explores the events and experiences which surrounded D. H. Lawrence's writing of his infamous last novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover. The account begins with Lawrence's return to Europe in September 1925 and ends with the publication in June 1928 of the final draft of a novel which exists in three related yet dissimilar versions. Derek Britton adds a great deal of new material to the established facts and theories concerning Lawrence's life and work during this period. In the chapters covering Lawrence's return to the Midlands in September 1926 when the collapse of the national miners' strike in that area was imminent, a detailed reconstruction of Lawrence's journeys and experiences reveals the extent to which the themes of the novel, the social and physical aspects of the landscape and Lawrence's initial impulse to write depended crucially on the author's last visit to his native region. This book will appeal both to those with special interests in Lawrence and the modern novel, and to the general reader.

List of contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Maps 1. 11 September 1925: Prospects and Retrospects 2. 'The Old, Young Insoouciance'3. Jack Strangeways 4. 'Chapter of Dismalnesses' 5. The Villa Mirenda 6. 'Something of an Odyssey' 7. Return to Eastwood 8. Renishaw 9. The First Drafts of Lady Chatterley 10. 'A Strange New Shadow' 11. The Wart-Hog 12. Phoenix Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Derek Britton, Britton Derek
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032460185
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3246018-5
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000