Living at the Edge: Biography of D H Lawrence & Frieda Von Richthofen

by Michael Squires and Lynn K. Talbot

Dashingly told and meticulously researched, this double biography of D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda von Richthofen is the first to draw fully on Frieda's unpublished letters and on interviews with people who knew her well. It explores their collision with an industrial world they hated and chronicles the stormy relationship between husband and wife. The strong sexual vitality that inspired Lawrence's art brought both joy and anguish to his marriage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299177505
• ISBN13: 9780299177508
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A thoughtful and searching biography

Collaboratively researched and written by the husband and wife team of Michael Squires (Professor of English, Virginia Tech) and Lynn K. Talbot Professor of Spanish, Roanoke College), Living At The Edge: A Biography Of D. H. Lawrence & Frieda Von Richthofen is a thoughtful and searching biography of one of literature's most famous married couples. The vital relationship between D.H. Lawrence and Frieda von Richthofen, (and Frieda's influence Lawrence's writing), are revealed and documented in this exhaustive, scholarly history of both their lives, which is drawn from a wide variety of sources including Frieda's own letters. An excellent reference especially meant to complement literary collections of Lawrence's work, Living At The Edge is highly recommended reading for students of D.H. Lawrence and a superbly presented addition to academic reference collections.