Burning Man

Burning Man: The Ascent of DH Lawrence

Frances Wilson (author)

D. H. Lawrence is no longer censored, but he is still on trial - and we are still unsure what the verdict should be.

Delving into the memoirs of those who both loved and hated him most, Burning Man follows Lawrence from the peninsular underworld of Cornwall in 1915 to post-war Italy to the mountains of New Mexico, and traces the author's footsteps through the pages of his lesser known work. Wilson presents a complex, courageous and often comic fugitive, careering around a world in the grip of apocalypse, in search of utopia; and, in bringing the true Lawrence into sharp focus, shows how he speaks to us now more than ever.

Frances Wilson is a critic, journalist and the author of three works of non-fiction, Literary Seductions, The Courtesan's Revenge and The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth, which won the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize in 2009. She lives in London with her daughter.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing (26 May 2022)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781408893654
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.7 x 3.5 x 12.9 cm