D. H. Lawrence - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the life and works of this eminent and prolific writer. Lawrence's ideas amd themes are clearly outlined with reference to his major novels, short stories and poems; useful quotations from Lawrence's essays and letters are brought in to help give you a more complete picture of this man and his work.

Jenny Weatherburn's informative text explores:

how to approach the novels, short stories and poems

the way in which Lawrence's writing was influenced by his own life

his ideas about nature and industrialisation

contemporary critical approaches to Lawrence and his work

the influence of Lawrence both in his own lifetime and in the twenty-first century