Selected Essays
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Book: Fair
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Pages: Yellowed
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Few writers of the twentieth century matched D. H. Lawrence's capacity for intellectual ferocity and lyrical intensity, and Selected Essays presents that dual genius in concentrated form. This landmark collection gathers Lawrence's most celebrated non-fiction prose, including iconic pieces such as Surgery for the Novel—or a Bomb, Why the Novel Matters, and his penetrating studies of the American literary tradition, revealing a thinker as restless and combustible as the phoenix emblazoned on its cover. Lawrence argues with the urgency of a man convinced civilisation itself is at stake, dissecting the deadening forces of industrialism, the corruption of the modern psyche, and the redemptive power of authentic human connection. His prose style is inseparable from his argument — rhythmic, repetitive, almost incantatory — wielding language as both scalpel and hammer. Published as part of the iconic Penguin paperback series that brought serious literature to a mass audience, this volume stands as an essential document of modernist thought. Readers who believe they know Lawrence only through his novels will find themselves confronted by an entirely new and unsettling mind.
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Format: Paperback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few writers of the twentieth century matched D. H. Lawrence's capacity for intellectual ferocity and lyrical intensity, and Selected Essays presents that dual genius in concentrated form. This landmark collection gathers Lawrence's most celebrated non-fiction prose, including iconic pieces such as Surgery for the Novel—or a Bomb, Why the Novel Matters, and his penetrating studies of the American literary tradition, revealing a thinker as restless and combustible as the phoenix emblazoned on its cover. Lawrence argues with the urgency of a man convinced civilisation itself is at stake, dissecting the deadening forces of industrialism, the corruption of the modern psyche, and the redemptive power of authentic human connection. His prose style is inseparable from his argument — rhythmic, repetitive, almost incantatory — wielding language as both scalpel and hammer. Published as part of the iconic Penguin paperback series that brought serious literature to a mass audience, this volume stands as an essential document of modernist thought. Readers who believe they know Lawrence only through his novels will find themselves confronted by an entirely new and unsettling mind.