Catherine MacFarlane Carswell (Boeken)

Catherine MacFarlane Carswell Boeken

Catherine Carswell was een sleutelfiguur in de Schotse Renaissance en een belangrijke auteur uit het begin van de 20e eeuw. Haar geschriften vormen een integraal onderdeel van de Schotse vrouwenliteratuur, gekenmerkt door hun inzichtelijke exploratie van het leven en sociale conventies. Naast fictie verdiepte Carswell zich in boeiende biografieën, waarbij ze het leven van opmerkelijke personen met een scherp oog onderzocht. Haar onsentimentele benadering van haar onderwerpen, zoals in haar biografie over Robert Burns, daagde traditionele percepties uit en onthulde complexere waarheden.

The Savage Pilgrimage: a Narrative of D. H. Lawrence

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Catherine Carswell (1879 1945), the novelist and biographer of Burns, was also a regular reviewer of new fiction in her early career. She became convinced that D. H. Lawrence was a great writer when she reviewed his first books, made his acquaintance, and became a lifelong and faithful friend. When John Middleton Murry's Son of Woman appeared shortly after Lawrence's death, Catherine Carswell was stung by its assumption that Murry understood Lawrence's 'case' and had explained it in his book. The Savage Pilgrimage was written partly in reply to Murry. Since it took angry exception to his criticisms, Murry thought it libellous, took legal action, and had it first suppressed, and then expurgated. This is a reprint of the original edition of 1932. The book survives the controversy with Murry: it was the first substantial biography of Lawrence, written by a close friend from direct knowledge, full of first-hand information, very sympathetic and understanding."