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First published in 1930 to an unprecedented storm of protest,
Catherine Carswell's The Life of Robert Burns remains the standard
work on its subject. Carswell deliberately shakes the image of
Burns as a romantic hero - exposing the sexual misdemeanours,
drinking bouts and waywardness that other, more reverential,
biographies choose to overlook. Catherine Carswell's real
achievement is to bring alive the personality of a great man:
passionate, hard-living, generous, melancholic, morbid and
triumphant . . . the very archetype of the supreme creative artist.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Joanna Bannerman, capricious, selfish and warm hearted,
passionately seeks life and 'loveliness'. The bustling street of
Glasgow at the turn of the century promise much greater excitement
than the solid studies at the school of Art open up new horizons -
of independence and love - and Joanna reaches for them all.
Joanna Bannerman, capricious, selfish and warm hearted,
passionately seeks life and 'loveliness'. The bustling street of
Glasgow at the turn of the century promise much greater excitement
than the solid studies at the school of Art open up new horizons -
of independence and love - and Joanna reaches for them all.
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.
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