St Mawr and Other Stories Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lawrence, D. H. (Author), Finney, Brian (Editor), Black, M. H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521294258 ISBN-13: 9780521294256 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $57.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1987 Annotation: St Mawr and Other Stories consists of the long novella St Mawr, two short stories ???The Overtone??? and ???The Princess???, and two unfinished stories ???The Wilful Woman??? and ???The Flying Fish???, all written during D. H. Lawrence??'s stay on the American continent between 1922 and 1925. The texts are newly edited from Lawrence??'s original manuscripts and typescripts, eliminating mistranscriptions and unauthorised alterations made by publishers and printers for reasons of housestyling, fear of prosecution or moral censoriousness. In some cases whole lines of text, which have been omitted in the first and subsequent editions, have been restored. The textual apparatus records all variants. The introduction uses unpublished material to trace the genesis and reception of each work. The notes give the translation of foreign words, the explanation of classical, biblical, literary and historical references and the reasoning behind some of the more involved textual cruces. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
Dewey: 823.912 |
LCCN: 82014584 |
Series: Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works of D.H. Lawrence |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.74" W x 8.5" (0.99 lbs) 316 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: St Mawr and Other Stories consists of the long novella St Mawr, two short stories 'The Overtone' and 'The Princess', and two unfinished stories 'The Wilful Woman' and 'The Flying Fish', all written during D. H. Lawrence's stay on the American continent between 1922 and 1925. The texts are newly edited from Lawrence's original manuscripts and typescripts, eliminating mistranscriptions and unauthorised alterations made by publishers and printers for reasons of housestyling, fear of prosecution or moral censoriousness. In some cases whole lines of text, which have been omitted in the first and subsequent editions, have been restored. The textual apparatus records all variants. The introduction uses unpublished material to trace the genesis and reception of each work. The notes give the translation of foreign words, the explanation of classical, biblical, literary and historical references and the reasoning behind some of the more involved textual cruces. |