Lady C : the long, sensational life of Lady Chatterley's Lover / Guy Cuthbertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cuthbertson, Guy, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Lady Chatterley's lover--Criticism and interpretation.

Lawrence, D. H.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Lady Chatterley's lover.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Lady Chatterley's lover--History and criticism.

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

English literature--20th century.

English literature.

English literature--History and criticism.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

vi, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Long, sensational life of Lady Chatterley's Lover

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover is one of the best-known and most resonant works of the twentieth century. Originally considered obscene and unpublishable in numerous countries, its scandalous story of class divide and the English countryside is infamous. But, since the 1920s, we have repeatedly re-created Lady Chatterley, from film and TV to music and tourism. Guy Cuthbertson tells the colorful story of the novel's journey through the last hundred years. He examines how the book has been read, adapted, and reimagined across the globe, from the United States to Japan, and explores the 1960 "Chatterley trial"--a key moment in the struggle for freedom of expression. It might have been burnt and derided, laughed at and defaced, but Lawrence's novel has crept into all walks of life. Whether the book, or its influence, be good or bad, we live in a world that Lady Chatterley's Lover helped to create." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Notes on the text

The C-word

Filthy, influential Lady C

Postwar Lady C

Lady C on trial

Successful Lady C

Lady C goes to school

Lady C's mating ritual

Source-hunting for Lady C

Lady C on screen

Lady C's free speech

List of plates

Notes

Further reading

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300266375

0300266375

OCLC:

1591246409