D. H. Lawrence

John Beer is Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peterhouse. His work on Romanticism includes Coleridge the Visionary, Coleridge's Poetic Intelligence, Blake's Humanism, Blake's Visionary Universe, Wordsworth and the Human Heart, Wordsworth in Time, Questioning Romanticism (ed.), Romantic Influences and Providence and Love. He has edited Coleridge's Poems for Everyman's Library, his Aids to Reflection for the Collected Works and is General Editor of the series Coleridge's Writings.

“There is no doubt that Beer’s study is learned, comprehensive and very interesting to read for anyone who wants to contextualize Lawrence’s work … Beer's well written monograph offers an elaborate presentation of the biographical and philosophical structure and substructure of much of Lawrence's work and is of interest to all those who are interested in a comprehensive and sophisticated contextualising approach to Lawrence.” (Stefan Horlacher, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, Vol. 254 (1), 2017)

• 1. Fresh Thinking at the Turn of the Century 2. The Riddling Narrative of Nature 3. Romance, Realism and the Transformation of Narrative 4. The Vulnerability of Passion 5. Frieda von Richthofen and her Background 6. In Search of an Adequate Symbol 7. Corruption, Energy and a Flowering Moon 8. The Limitations of Transcendence 9. Negativity in Post-War Life 10. To the End of the Earth 11. Dimensions of Consciousness in the Tales 12. Probing the Contradictions of Nature 13. Tenderness and the Modes of Energy 14. Final Thoughts 15. The Nature of Lawrence's Poetry 16. An Elusive Identity Bibliography Index