Sea and Sardinia

This 1997 edition of Sea and Sardinia records Lawrence's journey to Sardinia and back in January 1921.

D. H. Lawrence (Author), Mara Kalnins (Edited by)

9780521285759, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 11 April 2002

284 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg

Written after the First World War when he was living in Sicily, Sea and Sardinia records Lawrence's journey to Sardinia and back in January 1921. It reveals his response to a new landscape and people and his ability to transmute the spirit of place into literary art. Like his other travel writings the book is also a shrewd inquiry into the political and social values of an era which saw the rise of communism and fascism. On one level an indictment of contemporary materialism, Sea and Sardinia is nevertheless an optimistic book, celebrating the creativity of the human spirit and seeking in the fundamental laws which governed human nature in the past fresh inspiration for the present. This 1997 edition restores censored passages and corrects corrupt textual readings to reveal for the first time the book Lawrence himself called 'a marvel of veracity'.

General editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Cue-titles
Introduction
Sea and Sardinia
Appendix
Explanatory notes
Glossary of selected Italian terms
Textual apparatus
A note on pounds, shillings and pence.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK]