Naveed Rehan

Jul 11, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Naveed Rehan |Farida Gul |Raza Rumi

DH Lawrence’s Studies in Classic American Literature is an extraordinary collection of essays on eight American writers—Franklin, Crèvecoeur, Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Dana, Melville and Whitman. The book is quite contentious; Lawrence himself referred to it as “this ten-barrelled pistol of essays of mine,” and described them to Amy Lowell as “very keen essays in criticism—cut your fingers if you don’t handle them carefully.” That is indeed the impression one gets after reading this book.