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(b) Women, relationships and marriage
(c) A literary career: Lawrence and modernism
(d) Leaving England: Italy, Ceylon, Australia
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ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCING
Unless otherwise stated, reference is to the Cambridge edition of the works of D.H. Lawrence. The Penguin Books edition (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) reproduces the Cambridge text, including pagination, and may be more generally available.
WORKS OF D.H. LAWRENCE
A Aaron’s Rod -’ ; ”’’
Apocalypse Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation
BB The Boy in the Bush (with M.L Skinner)
CP The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence (1977) ed. V de Sola
Pinto and W Roberts, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books CSN The Complete Short Novels (1988) ed. K. Sagar and M.
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EME England My England and Other Stories ’
ox’ ’The Captain’s Doll’ ’The Ladybird’ ’”’
K Kangaroo
LCL Lady Chatterley’s Lover
LCLI The First Lady Chatterley (1973) Harmondsworth: Penguin
Books LCL II John Thomas and Lady Jane (1973) Harmondsworth:
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LG The Lost Girl – ’’’ -I bi- noi!;.:, 1 ; !-
MN Mr Noon
Phoenix Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D.H. Lawrence (1936) ed.
E.D. McDonald, New York: Viking Press Phoenix II Phoenix II: Uncollected, Unpublished and Other Prose Works
by D.H. Lawrence (1968) ed. W Roberts and H.T. Moore, ?vb;; London: Heinemann
Plays The Plays ’’ ’’ ’ ’”’’
PS The Plumed Serpent
R The Rainbow
RDP Reflections of the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays
ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCING
SCAL Studies in Classic American Literature (1977) Harmonds-
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SEP Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays
SL Sons and Lovers
SM The Symbolic Meaning: The Uncollected Versions of’Studies in
Classic American Literature’ (1962) ed. A. Arnold, Arundel:
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SS J.Y Sea and Sardinia ; ; ;…’
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STM St Mawr and Other Stories , ,-, ; ;r, , ,-t, :
T The Trespasser
TI Twilight in Italy and Other Essays …. , .
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WP The White Peacock
WWRA The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories
LETTERS OF D.H. LAWRENCE
Letters I The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Volume I (1979) ”
ed. J.T. Boulton, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Letters II The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Volume II (1982) ;
ed. G.J. Zytaruk and J.T. Boulton, Cambridge: ];,:,
Cambridge University Press
Letters III The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Volume III (1984) f
ed. J.T. Boulton and A. Robertson, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press , / i
Letters IV The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Volume IV (1987) ;; ,;
ed. W. Roberts, J.T. Boulton and E. Mansfield, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press u ; j
Letters V The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Volume V (1989)
ed. J.T. Boulton and L Vasey, Cambridge: Cambridge ;’)J University Press ;
Letters VI The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Volume VI (1991) ed. J.T. Boulton, M.H. Boulton and G.M. Lacy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Letters VII The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Volume VII (1993)
ed. K. Sagar and J.T. Boulton, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCING
For all other references the Harvard system is used. Full detaUs of items cited in the text can be found in the Bibliography.
Cross-referencing is a feature of this series. Cross-references to relevant page numbers appear in bold type and square brackets [28].
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