Book Title:Burning Man: The Ascent of DH Lawrence ISBN-13:978-1408893623 Author:Frances Wilson Publisher:Bloomsbury Circus Guideline Price:£25.00In Burning Man, Frances Wilson aims to rescue DH Lawrence from his post-feminist infamy. Burning Man covers Lawrence’s middle years, a “decade of superhuman energy and productivity” from 1915, when he was 30, to 1925. Lawrence left behind what he called his “serious English novels”, the last of which was Aaron’s Rod (1922), whose “madness is bound up with its badness”, writes Wilson. “Isn’t it remarkable how everyone who knew Lawrence felt compelled to write about him?” observed Aldous Huxley, who edited his letters posthumously. In her view, the effects of tuberculosis on Lawrence’s life and work are not to be underestimated.

Source: The Irish Times June 05, 2021 05:01 UTC