The Virgin and the Gipsy and Other Stories (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence) - Softcover

Lawrence, D. H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110745753X ISBN 13: 9781107457539

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

D. H. Lawrence's best-known late fictions are presented in this volume, which is dominated by two powerful novellas, The Virgin and the Gipsy and The Escaped Cock (also known as The Man Who Died). In the first, a young woman from a restrictive English rectory discovers further dimensions to life through her contact with a gipsy; in the second, an unnamed man - in fact Lawrence's vision of Christ - is resurrected and escapes from his tomb. Both novellas deal with the themes of escape and sexual awakening, which are echoed in the four short stories and three fragments also collected here. This edition restores Lawrence's final texts, before the changes introduced by censorship, mistakes in transmission and various other forms of interference, with variants recorded. The introduction traces the history of the stories, while the notes offer help with allusions, contexts and other points of potential difficulty or interest.

About this title

Book Description:

D. H. Lawrence's best-known and most powerful late fictions, The Virgin and the Gipsy and The Escaped Cock, are presented in this volume. Both novellas deal with the themes of escape and sexual awakening, which are echoed in the four short stories and three fragments also collected in this authoritative edition.

About the Author:

Michael Herbert is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews.

Bethan Jones is Lecturer in English at the University of Hull.

Lindeth Vasey is Copyeditorial Manager at Penguin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 110745753X
• ISBN 13: 9781107457539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 394
• Editor: Herbert Michael, Jones Bethan, Vasey Lindeth