Late essays and articles

In his last years D. H. Lawrence often wrote for newspapers; he needed the money, and clearly enjoyed the work.

He also wrote several substantial essays during the same period.

This meticulously-edited collection brings together major essays such as Pornography and Obscenity and Lawrence's spirited Introduction to the volume of his Paintings; a group of autobiographical pieces, two of which are published here for the first time; and the articles Lawrence wrote at the invitation of newspaper and magazine editors.

There are thirty-nine items in total, thirty-five of them deriving from original manuscripts; all were written between 1926 and Lawrence's death in March 1930.

They are ordered chronologically according to the date of composition; each is preceded by an account of the circumstances in which it came to be published.

The volume is introduced by a substantial survey of Lawrence's career as a writer responding directly to public interests and concerns.