Life with a Capital L: Essays Chosen and Introduced by Geoff Dyer

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Life with a Capital L: Essays Chosen and Introduced by Geoff Dyer
Authors and Contributors      By (author) D. H. Lawrence
Edited by Geoff Dyer
SeriesPenguin Modern Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:512
Dimensions(mm): Height 181,Width 111
Category/GenreLiterary essays
ISBN/Barcode 9780241344606
ClassificationsDewey:824.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication Date 31 January 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A selection of D. H. Lawrence's writings on art, morality and obscenity, edited & selected by Geoff Dyer For D. H. Lawrence the novel was the pinnacle, 'the one bright book of life', yet his non-fiction shows him at his most freewheeling and playful. This is a selection of his brilliantly varied essays, on subjects including art, morality, obscenity, songbirds, Italy, Thomas Hardy, the death of a porcupine in the Rocky Mountains and the narcissism of photographing ourselves. Arranged chronologically to illuminate the patterns of Lawrence's thought over time, and including many little-known pieces, they reveal a writer of enduring freshness and force.

Author Biography

D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), English novelist, storywriter, critic, poet and painter, one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. Among his works, Sons and Lovers appeared in 1913, The Rainbow (1915), Women In Love (1920), and many others. Geoff Dyer is the author of four novels and numerous non-fiction books, including But Beautiful, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize, and Out of Sheer Rage, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. The winner of a Lannan Literary Award, the International Centre of Photography's 2006 Infinity Award for writing on photography, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' E. M. Forster Award, a National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and a Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction, Dyer is a regular contributor to many publications in the UK and the US. He lives in California.

Reviews

In Life with a Capital L, Geoff Dyer has selected some of [Lawrence's] most fascinating and accessible pieces to tempt new readers. Comedy and humour abound, as does a provocative honesty. [...] There are countless examples in this volume of Lawrence at his poetic best. -- Gerri Kimber * Times Literary Supplement *