Twilight in Italy: Cambridge Lawrence Edition (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) [Paperback]

D. H. Lawrence (Author), Stefania Michelucci (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1997 | Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics

In 1912, D. H. Lawrence left England for the first time visiting Germany, the Alps, and Italy. Although Twilight in Italy, about his experiences on his voyage, was his first travel book, Anais Nin said it "cannot be read as an ordinary travel book, for his voyage is philosophic, as well as a symbolic and sensuous one". The essays about Germany have the tone of a journalistic search for information about an alien culture, while the Alps essays explore the author's intense personal reactions to the mesmerizing landscape of the mountains. The Italian essays create an image of the polarity between North and South, a duality which extends metaphorically throughout Lawrence's work. A powerful underlying theme uniting these essays is the threat of approaching war, and Lawrence's eerily prophetic article, "With the Guns", is also included in this collection.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"By making available materials documenting Lawrence's earliest impressions of "abroad" along with their far more complex revisions in Twilight in Italy, the Cambridge edition undoubtedly enriches our understanding of Lawrence's first travel book, with the special brand of "thought-adventure" he made distinctively his own." English Literature in Transition 1880-1920 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Book Description

The first critical edition of D. H. Lawrence's 1912-16 essays. Lawrence left England for the first time in May 1912, and began to record his reactions to foreign cultures. In 1915 he amplified some of these essays and wrote others for Twilight in Italy (1916), his first travel book. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Classics (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140189947
• ISBN-13: 978-0140189940
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
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