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Catherine MacFarlane Carswell

    Catherine Carswell war eine Schlüsselfigur der schottischen Renaissance und eine bedeutende Autorin des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Werke sind ein integraler Bestandteil der schottischen Frauenliteratur und zeichnen sich durch tiefgründige Einblicke in Leben und gesellschaftliche Konventionen aus. Carswell widmete sich nicht nur der Belletristik, sondern auch detaillierten Biografien, in denen sie faszinierende Persönlichkeiten untersuchte. Ihr unromantisierender Ansatz bei ihren Themen, wie in ihrer Biografie über Robert Burns, stellte traditionelle Sichtweisen in Frage und deckte komplexere Wahrheiten auf.

    The Savage Pilgrimage: a Narrative of D. H. Lawrence
    • 2021

      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."

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