Not I but the Wind - Hardcover

Lawrence, Frieda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809306905 ISBN 13: 9780809306909

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1974

Synopsis

Long out of print, and brought back to fill the new demand for it, Frieda Law­rence’s own story places in perspective the works of the man now regarded as the greatest English novelist of the twentieth century.

When Lawrence’s reputation was at its lowest, in the 1930s, various memoirs by those who had known him flourished, to the detriment of his own work, for potential readers saw him in the light of a fallen prophet. In the midst of such volumes, his widow’s book was valuable for its clear picture of the man who wrote so much remarkable prose and poetry.

Taking her title from a line of his po­etry, Frieda Lawrence wrote “Not I, But the Wind…”one of the most vivid portraits of an artist by the one who knew him best. Now that Lawrence’s works are receiving increasing attention and renewed critical acclaim, this book will in itself put the man in perspective for those who want to know more about him.

In his new Afterword written for this edition Harry T. Moore, the noted Law­rence scholar, has provided a valuable ac­count of Frieda and D. H. Lawrence to­gether, rounding out the story of these two unique lives.

About this title

About the Author

Born Frieda von Richthofen, married to an Englishman who became a professor at Nottingham University, she met Law­rence in 1912, and was divorced from her first husband and married to Lawrence shortly before World War I. Lawrence died in Southern France in 1930. Frieda Lawrence died in Taos, New Mexico, in 1956, on her seventy-seventh birthday.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809306905
• ISBN 13: 9780809306909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320