The Boy in the Bush
The Boy in the Bush by David Herbert Lawrence, published by Penguin in 1996, is a critical edition that presents a unique perspective on a young Englishman’s experiences in late nineteenth-century Western Australia. This edition, comprising 389 pages, features a reading text that addresses previous publishers’ censorship and typographical errors, providing a clearer view of the narrative as originally intended by the author.
Readers will find that this edition includes detailed textual apparatus outlining the compositional development and variants from earlier typescripts and first editions. Explanatory notes offer insights into local and historical contexts, while appendices feature maps, a brief history of the colony, and two essays by Lawrence regarding the collaboration with Mollie Skinner, one of which is published in English for the first time. This scholarly approach enriches the understanding of the text and its historical significance within the realms of fiction and literary studies.
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At D.H. Lawrence’s suggestion, a nurse and author, Mollie Skinner wrote about a young Englishman’s reactions to late nineteenth-century Western Australia; then Lawrence completely rewrote it. This is the first critical edition of that novel, The Boy in the Bush. The reading text eliminates publishers’ censorship and the miscopyings of typists and typesetters. The compositional development and the variants of the typescripts and first editions are given in the textual apparatus. Explanatory notes distinguish local and historical material. Appendices include maps, an outline history of the colony and two of Lawrence’s essays about the collaboration, one of which appears here for the first time in English.
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