Studies in classic American literature
The author of such classics as Sons and Lovers and The Rainbow critically examines classic American literature in this collection of essays. This anthology provides a deep look at D. H. Lawrence's thoughts on American literature, including notable essays on Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman. Originally published in 1923, this volume has corrected and uncensored the text, and presents earlier versions of many of the essays
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Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
General editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Note
Chronology
Cue-titles
Introduction
Background
First Stage 1916-17: reading and note-making
Second Stage 1917-19: MS and TS essays
English Review publication of the First Version
Third Stage 1919: revision of unpublished MS and TS essays
1919: Intermediate Version assembled and sent to Huebsch
Fourth Stage 1920-1: revised text to Robert Mountsier
1920 -1: 'Foreword' in the New Republic
Mountsier's attempts at periodical publication Version of 'Whitman' in the Nation & Athenaeum
1920 -1: Studies volume not published
Fifth Stage 1922-4: the publication of Studies
1922 -3: Autumn 1922 TCC, Final MS, Final Corrected TS
1923: Seltzer's proofs, 'Whitman' MS and TS extra revision
1923: American First Edition
1924: English First Edition
Reception
Texts
The Cambridge Text of the Final Version (1923)
STUDIES IN CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
Final Version (1923)
FIRST VERSION (1918-19)
Intermediate Version (1919)
Appendixes
I Reading notes for The Scarlet Letter (1917) II Foreword to Studies in Classic American Literature (1920)
III Foreword (1922)
IV Nathaniel Hawthorne's Blithedale Romance (1920- 1)
V XIII. Whitman (1921-2)
VI XII. Whitman (1922)
EXPLANATORY NOTES
A note on pounds, shillings and pence