D. H. Lawrence, Movements in European History

Howard J. Booth (University of Manchester)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

First circulation or publication Feb 1921

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Historical representation
Manual/ Textbook

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D. H. Lawrence wrote

Movements in European History

as the result of a commission by Oxford University Press for a textbook for schools. He took on the commission in 1918 as the result of adversity. The First World War led to a difficult literary marketplace, and the banning of his novel

The Rainbow

in 1915 had damaged Lawrence’s reputation. The request came when he was living in Derbyshire, in a period when he needed financial support from family, friends and literary funds to supplement the meagre sums he could earn from his writing. He had moved there after being expelled from Cornwall, a restricted area in wartime. The scandalous author and his German wife were suspected of signalling to passing German submarines. Friends who were aware of Lawrence’s situation did what they could…

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Citation: Booth, Howard J.. "Movements in European History". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 August 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3435, accessed 29 April 2024.]

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