Sketches of Etruscan Places and other Italian essays
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Sketches of Etruscan Places and other Italian Essays, or Etruscan Places, is a collection of travel writings by D. H. Lawrence
, first published posthumously in 1932. In this book Lawrence contrasted the life affirming world of the Etruscans with the shabbiness of Benito Mussolini
's Italy during the late 1920s.
In preparing these essays, Lawrence travelled through the countryside of Tuscany with his friend Earl Brewster
during the spring of 1927.
The volume published in 1932 included the following essays:
Lawrence's original intention was to publish his text with a sequence of related photographs. Copies of these pictures can be found in:
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...
, first published posthumously in 1932. In this book Lawrence contrasted the life affirming world of the Etruscans with the shabbiness of Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
's Italy during the late 1920s.
In preparing these essays, Lawrence travelled through the countryside of Tuscany with his friend Earl Brewster
Earl Brewster
Earl Henry Brewster was an American painter, writer, and scholar, best known today for his close friendship with D.H. Lawrence, and for his compilation of the life of the Buddha, first published in 1926 and still in print. He was married to Achsah Barlow Brewster, also an artist.Brewster was born...
during the spring of 1927.
The volume published in 1932 included the following essays:
- Cerveteri
- Tarquinia
- The Painted Tombs of Tarquinia 1
- The Painted Tombs of Tarquinia 2
- Vulci
- Volterra
- The Florence Museum
Further reading
- Sketches of Etruscan Places and other Italian Essays (1932), edited by Simonetta de Filippis, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0521252539. The essays in this definitive scholarly text, based upon Lawrence's manuscripts, typescripts and corrected proofs, include those taken from the original collection. In addition, this volume includes other Italian essays such as:
- David
- Looking Down on the City
- Europe Versus America
- Fireworks
- The Nightingale
- Man is a Hunter
- Flowery Tuscany
- Germans and English
Lawrence's original intention was to publish his text with a sequence of related photographs. Copies of these pictures can be found in:
- Etruscan Places, Foreword by Massimo Pallottino, Nuova Immaginare Editrice, Sienna, Third Edition, 1997, ISBN 88-7145-080-9
External links
- Internet Archive on-line edition of Etruscan Places: http://www.archive.org/details/etruscanplaces001030mbp (encrypted!)
- Project Gutenberg Australia on-line edition of Etruscan Places: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks09/0900381h.html