{"product_id":"2026200015200-secondhand-the-complete-plays-of-d-h-lawrence","title":"The Complete Plays Of D.H. Lawrence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers of the twentieth century matched D.H. Lawrence's ferocious creative energy, and The Complete Plays of D.H. Lawrence stands as a testament to a dimension of his genius that is all too often overshadowed by his celebrated novels. Gathered in one authoritative volume, this collection presents the full dramatic output of one of English literature's most provocative and passionate voices, encompassing eight plays that range from the intimate mining-community dramas of his Eastwood youth — including The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd and The Daughter-in-Law — to the more experimental and allegorical later works. Rich in regional dialect, raw emotional conflict, and the class tensions that defined Edwardian and early-modernist England, these plays illuminate the domestic battlegrounds where Lawrence's central obsessions — desire, power, identity, and the struggle for authentic selfhood — are fought out with visceral intensity.\n\nLawrence brings to his drama the same uncompromising psychological acuity that electrifies his prose, crafting characters who are simultaneously trapped by social convention and burning to break free of it. The plays chronicle working-class lives with a documentary faithfulness that anticipates the British kitchen-sink tradition, yet they are shot through with a lyrical, almost mythic undertow that lifts them far beyond mere naturalism. For scholars, theatre enthusiasts, and devoted readers of Lawrence alike, this volume uncovers a vital and rewarding strand of his artistic vision — one that raises urgent questions about what we owe each other, and what we owe ourselves, that resonate as forcefully today as the day they were written.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203183911131,"sku":"2026200015200-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/92b521d5-9581-49c2-8049-1e4fbe3b11a5.png?v=1788145090","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015200-secondhand-the-complete-plays-of-d-h-lawrence","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}