D H LAWRENCE AND ITALY

In these impressions of the Italian countryside, Lawrence transforms ordinary in
cidents into passages of intense beauty. "Twilight in Italy" is a vibrant accoun
t of Lawrence's stay among the people of Lake Garda, whose decaying lemon garden
s bear witness to the twilight of a way of life centuries old. In "Sea and Sardi
na", Lawrence brings to life the vigorous spontaneity of a society as yet untouc
hed by the deadening effect of industrialization.



And "Etruscan Places" is a
beautiful and delicate work of literary art, the record of "a dying man drinking
from the founts of a civilization dedicated to life."