The limits of love : the lives of D. H. Lawrence and Frieda von Richthofen / by Michael Squires.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Squires, Michael, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawrence, D. H., 1885-1930--Marriage.

Lawrence, D. H.

Lawrence, Frieda, 1879-1956--Marriage.

Lawrence, Frieda.

Marriage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana : Louisiana State University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The Limits of Love: The Lives of D. H. Lawrence and Frieda von Richthofen provides a candid look at two illustrious people who tested the capacity--and the limits--of marriage. The Lawrences come alive not as simple quarreling travelers, nor as blissful domestic partners, but as complex personalities who experimented with marriage to see if it would fulfill their needs. Their antagonisms and their sexual experiences informed Lawrence's fearless novels The Rainbow and Women in Love . Both works also tested the boundaries of public taste and faced harsh receptions. The cost of the Lawrences' strong but unstable marriage was high. Despite periods of happiness and peace, angry clashes meant separations and uneasy agreements to repair the marital intimacy when it cracked. Fractures of 1916, 1919, 1923, and 1926 healed slowly and with difficulty. In Lawrence's most calculated and famous work, Lady Chatterley's Lover , he successfully coded their marital stress and, full of rage, fused two stories of failed marriages. Drawing on many unpublished and recently discovered letters, The Limits of Love offers readers a detailed reconstruction of two complicated lives, written with narrative speed and a forceful style, filled with vivid interpretations of Lawrence's work, and conveying deep sympathy for people living outside established norms. This new dual biography, based on years of research by Michael Squires, captures the essence of Lawrence and Frieda, making the couple real, alive, and accessible.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

WORKS BY D. H. LAWRENCE

Introduction

1 The End of Loneliness

2 England and Germany

3 Italian Paradise

4 A Heart That's Been Smashed

5 A Map of Passion

6 Cornered in Cornwall

7 A Fresh Start in Italy

8 Intoxicated and Alone

9 Crossing the Seas

10 Fevers and Fortune

11 Mountains in America

12 The Mysteries of Mexico

13 Her Ship Goes East

14 Frieda's Rustic Ranch

15 Menace and Malaria

16 The Route to Spotorno

17 Rage and Compassion

18 Revealing the Secret

19 The Third Version in Florence

20 Where Should We Live?

21 The Heroic Fight

22 The Lost Will

23 Taos, Ravagli, and the Manuscripts

24 The Challenge of Texas

25 Last Years

26 At the Close

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTES

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780807180983

080718098X

9780807180976

0807180971

OCLC:

1396697156