Selected essays / D.H. Lawrence

London; New York: Penguin Books in association with William Heinemann, 1950. 1st Penguin Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall.Provenance; the critic and poetry activist Charles Tomlinson�s copy; with his (extensive) marginal notes. Physical description: 351 pages; 20 cm. Contents:Love and Life: Sex versus Loveliness -- Give her a pattern -- Love -- Cocksure women and Hensure men -- Nobody loves me -- Books -- Climbing down Pisgah -- Reflections on the death of a porcupine -- Democracy -- The state of funk -- Insouciance. The Spirit of Place: England: Whistling of birds -- Notthingham and the mining country -- Dull London. Italy: The spinner and the monks -- Flowery Tuscany -- Man is a hunter. Germany: The crucifix across the mountains -- Mercury -- A letter from Germany. Mexico and New Mexico: New Mexico -- Indians and an Englishman -- Just back from the Snake Dance -- Tired out -- Corasmin and the parrots -- A little moonshine with lemon. Writing and Painting: John Galsworthy -- Benjamine Franklin -- Moby Dick -- Whitman -- Giovanni Verga -- Preface to American edition of New Poems -- Accumulated mail -- Making pictures -- Introduction to His Paintings. Lawrence and Magnus: The late Mr. Maurice Magnus -- a letter. Subjects: Art criticism.Literature History and criticism. English essays.English essays 20th century.