Review by Choice Review
Lawrence scholars will know the work of most contributors to this richly documented collection of 14 critical essays. Representing six countries, the authors ably demonstrate the geographical scope of Lawrence's importance. The "new worlds" of the title points to his experiences outside of England and Europe, and, metaphorically, to the inner world of his psyche, often a realm of conflict and contradiction. Peter Preston discusses Lawrence's impact on recent British fiction and lists 75 works of fiction published since 1958 that contain references to him. There follow essays on Lawrence's attitude toward Jews (Judith Ruderman), his friendship with the Danish artist Knud Merrild (Cushman), and his changing prose style (Michael Squires) and treatments of some individual works: Sons and Lovers (Gavriel Reisner), Amours (Holly Laird), Women in Love (Kyoko Kay Kondo), Kangaroo (Neil Roberts), and Lady Chatterly's Lover (Ginette Katz-Roy). Jack Steward reassesses Lawrence's travel writing, and Virginia Hyde, Carrie Rohman, Laurie McCollum, and John Worthen examine works generated by his experiences in Mexico and the American Southwest. Lawrence, one now sees, was a multiculturalist avant la lettre and can be defended against negative criticism. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. M. S. Vogeler emerita, California State University, Fullerton
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Review by Choice Review
