The American Lawrence / Lee M. Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Lee M. (Lee Margaret), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930--Criticism and interpretation.

Lawrence, D. H.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Criticism and interpretation.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Modernism (Literature)--United States.

Modernism (Literature).

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]

Summary:

Although contemporary scholarship views D. H. Lawrence as a distinctly English author, Lee M. Jenkins argues for a reassessment of his relationship to American modernism and his American literary contemporaries, including "Studies in Classic American Literature" and "The Plumed Serpent."

Contents:

Introduction: D. H. Lawrence, Americano

"Hands-up, America!": Studies in Classic American literature

"Under our home eye": Lawrence and American modernism

"Tales of out here": "St. Mawr," "The princess," and "The woman who rode away"

Conclusion. Wilful women: Lawrence's three fates and Georgia O'Keeffe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813060507

0813060508

OCLC:

890310274