arranged in chronological order of publication
1. D.H.Lawrence – Bibliographies, Handbooks, Journals
Warren Roberts, A Bibliography of D.H. Lawrence, 1963; revised. [The revised edition of this important Lawrence bibliography includes a section on the criticism].
Graham Holderness, Who’s Who in D.H. Lawrence, 1976.
Keith Sagar, D.H.Lawrence: A Calendar of His Works, 1979.
Keith Sagar, A D.H.Lawrence Handbook, 1982.
James C Cowan, D.H.Lawrence: An Annotated Bibliography of Writings About Him, Vol I (1909-60) 1982; Vol II (1961-75) 1985.
Thomas Jackson Rice, D.H.Lawrence: A Guide to Research, 1983.
The D H Lawrence Review, founded in 1968 by James C Cowan at the University of Delaware, is published three times a year. DHLR includes regular bibliographical updates as well as essays on a wide range of subjects to do with Lawrence, and reviews of recent work. Etudes Laurentiennes, founded in 1985, is published by the University of Paris X [Nanterre].
The Complete Critical Guide to D. H. Lawrence is a good introduction to Lawrence criticism. Includes a potted biography of Lawrence, an outline of the stories, novels, plays, and poetry, and pointers towards the main critical writings – from contemporaries T.S. Eliot and E.M. Forster to critics of the present day. Also includes a thorough bibliography which covers biography, criticism in books and articles, plus pointers towards specialist Lawrence journals.
2. Select Biography
R. West, D.H. Lawrence, London: Martin Secker, 1930.
A. Lawrence, Young Lorenzo: Early Life of D.H.Lawrence, Containing Hitherto Unpublished Letters and Articles and reproductions of Pictures, Florence: G. Orioli, 1931.
A. Lawrence and S.G. Gelder, Young Lorenzo: Early Life of D.H.Lawrence, Containing Hitherto Unpublished Letters and Articles and reproductions of Pictures, London: Martin Secker, 1932.
John Middleton Murry, Son of Woman: The Story of D.H.Lawrence, London: Jonathan Cape, 1931.
M. Dodge Luhan, Loenzo in Taos, New York: Knopf, 1932.
Aldous Huxley (ed), The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, London: Heinemann, 1932.
John Middleton Murry, Reminiscences of D.H. Lawrence, London: Jonathan Cape, 1933.
John Middleton Murry, Between Two Worlds: An Autobiography, London: Jonathan Cape, 1935.
D. Brett, Lawrence and Brett: A Friendship, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1933.
Catherine Carswell, The Savage Pilgrimage: A Narrative of D.H.Lawrence, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932.
Frieda Lawrence, Not I, But the Wind…, New York: Viking Press, 1934.
E.T. [Jessie Chambers], D.H. Lawrence: A Personal Record, London: Cape, 1935.
K. Merrild, A Poet and Two Painters, London: Routledge, 1938.
Frieda Lawrence, The Memoirs and Correspondence [ed Tedlock] 1964.
E. Brewster and A. Brewster, D.H. Lawrence: reminiscences and correspondence, London: Secker, 1934.
Piero Nardi, La Vita di D.H.Lawrence, 1947. [The first full biography of DHL]
Richard Aldington, D.H.Lawrence: Portrait of a Genius, But…, London: Heinemann, 1950.
Harry T. Moore, The Life and Works of D.H. Lawrence, London: Unwin Books, 1951.
E. Nehls (ed), D.H. Lawrence: A Composite Biography, 3 vols, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1957.
Harry T. Moore, A D.H. Lawrence Miscellany, London: Heinemann, 1961.
Harry T. Moore (ed), The Collected Letters of D.H. Lawrence, London: Heinemann, 1962.
Harry T. Moore, The Priest of Love, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1954, revised 1974.
H.D. [Hilda Doolittle], Bid Me To Live, New York: Grove Press, 1960.
E.W. Tedlock Jr (ed), Frieda Lawrence: the Memoirs and Correspondence, London: Heinemann, 1961.
H. Corke, D.H. Lawrence: The Croydon Years, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965.
Harry T. Moore and Warren Roberts, D.H.Lawrence and his World [illustrated] 1966.
Edward Nehls (ed), D.H.Lawrence: A Composite Biography (3 vols, 1957-9).
Emile Delavenay, [trans. K.M. Delavenay] D.H.Lawrence: The Man and His Work. The Formative Years: [1885-1919], London: Heinemann, 1972.
Robert Lucas, Frieda Lawrence: The Story of Frieda von Richtofen and D.H.Lawrence, 1973.
H. Corke, In Our Infancy: An Autobiography Part I: 1882-1912, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975.
Paul Delany, D.H.Lawrence’s Nightmare: The Writer and his Circle in the Years of the Great War, Hassocks: Harvester, 1979.
Keith Sagar, The Life of D.H.Lawrence: An Illustrated Biography, 1980.
G. Neville (ed. C. Baron), A Memoir of D.H. Lawrence: (The Betrayal), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Anthony Burgess, Flame Into Being: The Life and Works of D.H.Lawrence, 1985.
Keith Sagar, D.H.Lawrence: Life Into Art, 1985.
John Worthen, D.H.Lawrence: A Literary Life, 1989.
Jeffrey Meyers, D.H.Lawrence: A Biography, 1990.
John Worthen, D.H.Lawrence: The Early Years: 1885-1912: The Cambridge Biography of D.H. Lawrence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Elaine Feinstein, Lawrence’s Women: The Intimate Life of D.H. Lawrence, London: Harper Collins, 1993.
Peter Preston, A D.H.Lawrence Chronology, 1994.
R. Jackson, Frieda Lawrence, Including ‘Not I, But the Wind’ and other Autobiographical Writings, London: Pandora, 1994.
Brenda Maddox, The Married Man: A Biography of D.H.Lawrence, London: Sinclair Stevenson, 1994.
Janet Byrne, A Genius for Living: A Biography of Frieda Lawrence, London: Bloomsbury, 1995.
M. Kinkead-Weekes, D.H.Lawrence: Triumph to Exile: 1912-1922, The Cambridge Biography of D.H.Lawrence 1885-1930, vol. 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
J.T. Boulton (ed), The Selected Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
D. Ellis, D.H. Lawrence: Dying Game 1922-1930, The Cambridge Biography of D.H.Lawrence 1885-1930, vol. 3, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
© Roy Johnson 2004 with thanks to Damian Grant
D.H.Lawrence – web links
D.H.Lawrence at Mantex
Biographical notes, book reviews, study guides, videos, bibliographies, critical studies, and web links.
D.H.Lawrence at Project Gutenberg
A major collection of free eTexts of the novels, stories, travel writing, and poetry – available in a variety of formats.
D.H.Lawrence at Wikipedia
Biographical notes, social background, publishing history, the Lady Chatterley trial, critical reputation, bibliography, archives, and web links.
D.H.Lawrence at the Internet Movie Database
Adaptations of Lawrence’s work for the cinema and television – in various languages. Full details of directors, actors, production, box office, trivia, and even quizzes.
D.H.Lawrence archive at the University of Nottingham
Biography, further reading, textual genetics, frequently asked questions, his local reputation, research centre, bibliographies, and lists of holdings.
D.H.Lawrence and Eastwood
Nottinhamshire local enthusiast web site featuring biography, historical and recent photographs of the Eastwood area and places associated with Lawrence.
The World of D.H.Lawrence
Yet another University of Nottingham web site featuring biography, interactive timeline, maps, virtual tour, photographs, and web links.
D.H.Lawrence Heritage
Local authority style web site, with maps, educational centre, and details of lectures, visits, and forthcoming events.
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