A New Concept of Man
Although DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE used traditional means of composition,
he trod new ground in the subjects he tackled: Social
conditions and severe emotional problems.
He criticized modern civilization whose demands on the 'social self',
in his opinion, had a maiming and alienating effect on the 'natural self'.
In his works LAWRENCE was committed to the plea for a new relationship
between the sexes and between man and nature. His narratives mirror British
working-class life and the changing roles
of women at the beginning of the 20th century. They have had a
far-reaching influence on European and American writers.
The Prussian Officer (1914) and England,
My England (1922) are short story collections by LAWRENCE. The
novels he published include:
The White Peacock (1911)
Sons and Lovers (1913)
The Rainbow (1915)
Women in Love (1920)
Kangaroo (1923)
The Plumed Serpent (1926)
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928; expurgated
edition; complete edition: Paris 1929; first unabridged edition to be
published in Great Britain in 1960)
On the score of being obscene Lady Chatterley’s
Lover gave rise to much controversy, before its literary merits
were fully acknowledged.