D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) is one of the most famous novelists of his era - and one of the most difficult to pin down. Was he a tasteless, avant-garde pornographer? Or the greatest imaginative novelist of his generation (as E.M. Forster once said)? What should we know about his hard-luck childhood and turbulent adult life? In this episode, Jacke talks to biographer David Ellis (D.H. Lawrence: A Critical Life) about the struggle to capture and convey the essence of Lawrence's life and works. PLUS Dorian Lynskey (Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World), an expert in literature about cataclysmic events, stops by to discuss the last book he - and others - might turn to at the very end.
Additional listening:
- 508 Lord Byron (with David Ellis)
- 694 Apocalyptic Literature (with Dorian Lynskey)
- 87 Man in Love: The Passions of D.H. Lawrence
The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com.
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