San Antonio College Library

"Puzzled by the catastrophic decline of D.H. Lawrence's reputation in academe, and by the anger of students toward Lawrence and his work, Gary Adelman wrote to dozens of working writers to learn their opinions of Lawrence. Over a hundred poets and novelists responded. Their overwhelming gratitude and debt to Lawrence as a precursor and literary giant illustrate the difference between the ways writers and academic critics read and think about literature....

Jeffrey Meyers reveals how nine major literary figures attempted to integrate life and art, and to resolve the conflict between domestic and creative fulfilment.

A revaluation of Lawrence's novels, tracing his development through them as an artist and thinker.