Title: Sons and lovers /
Authors: Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930; Baron, Helen; Baron, Carl
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Working class families Fiction; Young men Fiction; Domestic fiction; Family; England Fiction.; England
Abstract: Torn between his passion for two women and his abiding attachment to his mother, young Paul Morel struggles with his desire to please everyone--particularly himself. Lawrence's highly autobiographical novel unfolds against the backdrop of his native Nottinghamshire coal fields, amidst a working-class family dominated by a brutish father and a loving but overbearing mother.
Contents: The composition of Sons and Lovers: origins. 'Paul Morel' (first version, October to November or December 1910). 'Paul Morel' (second version, c. 13 March to mid-July 1911). 'Paul Morel' (third version, 3-15 November 1911, February-April 1912, revised May-June 1912). Sons and Lovers (fourth version, July-November 1912). Edward Garnett's editing of the novel. Lawrence's 'Foreword'. The period of printing and proof revision (January-April 1913). Ernest Collings and the design of the dust-jacket. The contract. Jessie Chambers's novel. The first edition. The American edition. Reception -- Text. The surviving manuscripts. The galley proofs. The page proofs. The Cambridge edition -- Sons and Lovers -- App I Foreword to Sons and Lovers -- App II Locations -- Textual apparatus -- Line-end hyphenation -- A note on pounds, shillings and pence.