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Why did D. H. Lawrence become a writer and a novelist? And why did he start by writing The White Peacock? I ask the unanswerable questions simply to stress how being a writer is a matter of choice, of situation, of need and compulsion, rather than of destiny. The psychology of a writer is only one element among many; his background, upbringing and early experience of the world can help us to understand those choices, such needs and compulsions.
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A. M. [Allan Monkhouse], Manchester Guardian, 8 February 1911, p. 5.
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Worthen, J. (1979). The White Peacock. In: D. H. Lawrence and the Idea of the Novel. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03322-5_1
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