Death and the Author: How D. H. Lawrence Died, and Was Remembered

by David Ellis

At the heart of Death and the Author is a dramatic account of D. H. Lawrence's desperate struggle against tuberculosis during his last days, and of certain, often bizarre events which followed his death. Around this narrative David Ellis offers a series of reflections about what it is like to have a disease for which there is no cure, the appeal of alternative medicine, the temptation of suicide for the terminally ill, the diminishing role of religion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199546657
• ISBN13: 9780199546657
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 7.8"