DH Lawrence Revisited

In October, I introduced my most advanced Creative Writing class to a short story by DH Lawrence entitled A Sick Collier. This week I'm going to read it with one of my beginners' classes, so I revisited my resources to see what I could use with them.

I was able to get them to print out a copy of the short story for free using a site called www.online-literature.com/dh_lawrence/prussian-officer/10/. The website is jam-packed with adverts and rather annoying pop-ups, but at least it is a quick and easy way for my students to access the story without waiting for me to print out numerous photocopies for them. If you fancy reading the story, it's a very easy way for you to get hold of it too...

But don't go just yet! I had written in this blog about A Sick Collier and how there were many useful resources to be found on the internet about DH Lawrence and his writing. You can read that posting on http://galebarker.blogspot.com/2008/10/research-on-internet-dh-lawrence.html.

But while checking out the resources I'd mentioned in that entry, I discovered a beautiful little film about DH Lawrence and his background. It consists of photographs of him and the area he came from and the museum and tourist attractions that deal with his life and work, but it is accompanied by a rather atmospheric brass band rendition of the overture to The Force of Destiny played by Newstead Welfare Band.

If you have five minutes to spare and would like to sample the world of this great writer, type into Google "dh lawrence birthplace museum". From the list of websites, select the Braxtowe Borough Council D.H. Lawrence Heritage entry, then once you're there, click onto "DH Lawrence Video" at the right hand side of the page.

Happy viewing - and happy reading too!