Sea And Sardinia - Brossura

D. H. Lawrence

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1910901261 ISBN 13: 9781910901267

Casa editrice: Parthian Books, 2019

Riassunto

Exiled from conservative 1920s Britain and in search of a new home amid wilder landscapes and people, D H Lawrence and his wife, Frieda (Queen Bee), travel from Sicily to Sardinia. Known for their singular and volatile relationship, in Sea in Sardinia, Lawrence is irascible, Frieda amiable and the book is almost a journal of their brief mid-winter jaunt, suffused with beautiful prose, rich in symbolism and vivid, vital descriptions of people and place. Capturing a moment in time, the two islands, under Mussolini's fascist rule, evoke a world, in the aftermath of the First World War, on the verge of industrialization and enchanted by Nationalism. An entertaining and informative account for armchair travelers.

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D. H. Lawrence was a British novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter. He was born in 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. From 1902 to 1908 Lawrence worked as a teacher at the British School in Eastwood. During these years he worked on his first writings: poems, short stories and a draft of a novella.

While living in Germany in 1912, Lawrence was arrested and accused of being a British spy but was later released without charge. After this incident he moved, with his wife-to-be Frieda Weekley, to Italy. The couple returned to Britain soon after the outbreak of World War I and were married in 1914. They were viewed with suspicion due to Weekley's German parentage and Lawrence's open contempt for militarism.

After the war, Lawrence undertook a voluntary exile from Britain and spent the remainder of his life travelling the world with his wife. He is widely recognised as one of the greatest travel writers in the English language. Lawrence sailed to Australia in February 1922 and in September of the same year moved to New Mexico, in the United States. In 1925 Lawrence suffered a near fatal attack of malaria and tuberculosis. His health remained in poor condition for the rest of his life, limiting his ability to travel. Despite this, Lawrence continued to write up to his death in 1930.

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• Editore: Parthian Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1910901261
• ISBN 13: 9781910901267
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 218