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Catherine MacFarlane Carswell

    Catherine Carswell bola kľúčovou postavou škótskeho literárneho obrodenia a významnou autorkou začiatku 20. storočia. Jej diela sú integrálnou súčasťou škótskej ženskej literatúry a vyznačujú sa prenikavým pohľadom na život a spoločenské konvencie. Carswell sa venovala nielen beletrii, ale aj podrobným biografiám, v ktorých skúmala životy fascinujúcich osobností. Jej nesentimentálny prístup k tvorbe, napríklad v životopise Roberta Burnsa, narúšal tradičné pohľady a odhaľoval komplexnejšiu pravdu o svojich subjektoch.

    The Savage Pilgrimage: a Narrative of D. H. Lawrence
    • Catherine Carswell (1879 1945), the novelist and biographer of Burns, was also a regular reviewer of new fiction in her early career. She became convinced that D. H. Lawrence was a great writer when she reviewed his first books, made his acquaintance, and became a lifelong and faithful friend. When John Middleton Murry's Son of Woman appeared shortly after Lawrence's death, Catherine Carswell was stung by its assumption that Murry understood Lawrence's 'case' and had explained it in his book. The Savage Pilgrimage was written partly in reply to Murry. Since it took angry exception to his criticisms, Murry thought it libellous, took legal action, and had it first suppressed, and then expurgated. This is a reprint of the original edition of 1932. The book survives the controversy with Murry: it was the first substantial biography of Lawrence, written by a close friend from direct knowledge, full of first-hand information, very sympathetic and understanding."

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