John Worthen
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John Worthen taught at universities in North America
and Wales
before becoming Professor of D. H. Lawrence
Studies at the University of Nottingham
, where he remains Emeritus Professor. His inaugural lecture as Professor of D H Lawrence Studies was published under the title Cold Hearts and Coronets His career as Lawrence’s biographer began in the 1980s and culminated in the celebrated D. H. Lawrence: The Early Years 1885–1912, the first part of the definitive three-volume Cambridge biography (Cambridge University Press, 1991–8). Material from this project later formed the foundation of Worthen's single volume study, D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider (2005).
Though based in Lawrence’s hometown of Nottingham
, he has researched and travelled around the world to complete this portrait of the writer. In 2007 he published a life of the musician Robert Schumann and since then has completed a short biography of T. S. Eliot. He is now working on a book about S. T. Coleridge and a life of Frieda Lawrence.
In addition to this biographical work, Professor Worthen has edited or co-edited seven individual volumes in The Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works of D. H. Lawrence series.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
before becoming Professor of D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence
David Herbert Richards Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D. H. Lawrence. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation...
Studies at the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
, where he remains Emeritus Professor. His inaugural lecture as Professor of D H Lawrence Studies was published under the title Cold Hearts and Coronets His career as Lawrence’s biographer began in the 1980s and culminated in the celebrated D. H. Lawrence: The Early Years 1885–1912, the first part of the definitive three-volume Cambridge biography (Cambridge University Press, 1991–8). Material from this project later formed the foundation of Worthen's single volume study, D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider (2005).
Though based in Lawrence’s hometown of Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, he has researched and travelled around the world to complete this portrait of the writer. In 2007 he published a life of the musician Robert Schumann and since then has completed a short biography of T. S. Eliot. He is now working on a book about S. T. Coleridge and a life of Frieda Lawrence.
In addition to this biographical work, Professor Worthen has edited or co-edited seven individual volumes in The Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works of D. H. Lawrence series.