Editing D. H. Lawrence (section)

===Later life and career===
In late February 1922, the Lawrences left Europe intending to migrate to the United States. They sailed in an easterly direction, however, first to Ceylon and then on to Australia. During a short residence in [[Darlington, Western Australia|Darlington]], Western Australia, Lawrence met local writer [[Mollie Skinner]], with whom he coauthored the novel ''[[The Boy in the Bush]]''. This stay was followed by a brief stop in the small coastal town of [[Thirroul]], New South Wales, during which Lawrence completed ''[[Kangaroo (novel)|Kangaroo]]'', a novel about local fringe politics that also explored his wartime experiences in Cornwall.<ref>Joseph Davis, D.H. Lawrence at Thirroul, Collins, Sydney, 1989</ref>

The Lawrences finally arrived in the United States in September 1922. Lawrence had several times discussed the idea of setting up a [[utopian community]] with several of his friends, having written in 1915 to Willie Hopkin, his old [[socialist]] friend from Eastwood: <blockquote>"I want to gather together about twenty souls and sail away from this world of war and squalor and found a little colony where there shall be no money but a sort of communism as far as necessaries of life go, and some real decency … a place where one can live simply, apart from this civilisation … [with] a few other people who are also at peace and happy and live, and understand and be free.…"<ref>Letter to Willie Hopkin, January 18th 1915</ref></blockquote>It was with this in mind that they made for [[Taos, New Mexico|Taos]], New Mexico, a [[Taos Pueblo|Pueblo]] town where many white [[Bohemianism|"bohemians"]] had settled, including [[Mabel Dodge Luhan]], a prominent socialite. Here they eventually acquired the 160-acre (0.65&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) Kiowa Ranch, now called the [[D. H. Lawrence Ranch]], in 1924 from Dodge Luhan in exchange for the manuscript of ''Sons and Lovers''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapter 6: Round the world and back again: Ceylon, Australia, America, Mexico, Europe, America 1922-1924 - The University of Nottingham |url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/lawrence/extendedbiography/chapter6.aspx |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mabel: A Biography of Mabel Dodge Luhan|last=Hahn|first=Emily|date=1977|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=978-0395253496|location=Boston|page=[https://archive.org/details/mabelbiographyof00hahn/page/180 180]|oclc=2934093|url=https://archive.org/details/mabelbiographyof00hahn/page/180}}</ref> The couple stayed in New Mexico for two years, with extended visits to [[Lake Chapala]] and [[Oaxaca]] in Mexico. While Lawrence was in New Mexico, he was visited by [[Aldous Huxley]].

Editor and book designer [[Merle Armitage]] wrote a book about D. H. Lawrence in New Mexico. ''Taos Quartet in Three Movements'' was originally to appear in Flair Magazine, but the magazine folded before its publication. This short work describes the tumultuous relationship of D. H. Lawrence, his wife Frieda, artist [[Dorothy Brett]], and Mabel Dodge Sterne Luhan. Armitage took it upon himself to print 16 hardcover copies of this work for his friends. [[Richard Pousette-Dart]] executed the drawings for ''Taos Quartet'', published in 1950.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2kYhAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Taos%20Quartet%22%20pousette-dart%20copyright&pg=RA1-PA10 | title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1951| year=1952}}</ref>

While in the U.S., Lawrence rewrote and published ''[[Studies in Classic American Literature]]'', a set of critical essays begun in 1917 and described by [[Edmund Wilson]] as "one of the few first-rate books that have ever been written on the subject".<ref>Wilson, Edmund, ''The Shock of Recognition''. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1955, p. 906.</ref> These interpretations, with their insights into [[symbol]]ism, [[New England Transcendentalism]] and the [[Puritans|Puritan sensibility]], were a significant factor in the revival of the reputation of [[Herman Melville]] during the early 1920s. In addition, Lawrence completed new fictional works, including ''[[The Boy in the Bush]]'', ''[[The Plumed Serpent]]'', ''[[St Mawr]]'', ''[[The Woman who Rode Away]]'', ''[[The Princess (story)|The Princess]]'' and other short stories. He also produced the collection of linked [[Travel literature|travel essays]] that became ''[[Mornings in Mexico]]''.

A brief voyage to England at the end of 1923 was a failure and Lawrence soon returned to Taos, convinced his life as an author now lay in the United States. However, in March 1925 he suffered a near fatal attack of [[malaria]] and [[tuberculosis]] while on a third visit to [[Mexico]]. Although he eventually recovered, the diagnosis of his condition obliged him to return once again to Europe. He was dangerously ill and poor health limited his ability to travel for the remainder of his life. The Lawrences made their home in a villa in Northern Italy near [[Florence]], where he wrote ''[[The Virgin and the Gipsy]]'' and the various versions of ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (1928). The latter book, his last major novel, was initially published in private editions in Florence and Paris and reinforced his notoriety. A story set once more in Nottinghamshire about a cross-class relationship between a Lady and her gamekeeper, it broke new ground in describing their sexual relationship in explicit yet literary language. Lawrence hoped to challenge the British taboos around sex: to enable men and women "to think sex, fully, completely, honestly, and cleanly."<ref>''<nowiki>A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover</nowiki> and Other Essays'' (1961). Penguin, p. 89</ref> Lawrence responded robustly to those who took offense, even publishing satirical poems (''Pansies'' and ''Nettles'') as well as a [[Tract (literature)|tract]] on ''Pornography and Obscenity''.

The return to Italy allowed him to renew old friendships; during these years he was particularly close to [[Aldous Huxley]], who was to edit the first collection of Lawrence's letters after his death, along with a memoir.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Poller |first=Jake |date=January 2010 |title=The philosophy of life-worship: D.H. Lawrence and Aldous Huxley |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A243877849/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=d06fd8eb |journal=D.H. Lawrence Review |volume=34–35 |via=Gale}}</ref> After Lawrence visited local archaeological sites (particularly old tombs) with artist [[Earl Brewster]] in April 1927, his collected essays inspired by the excursions were published as ''[[Sketches of Etruscan Places]]'', a book that contrasts the lively past with [[Benito Mussolini]]'s fascism.
Lawrence continued to produce short stories and other works of fiction such as ''[[The Escaped Cock]]'' (also published as ''The Man Who Died''), an unorthodox reworking of the story of Jesus Christ's [[Resurrection of Jesus|Resurrection]].

During his final years, Lawrence renewed his serious interest in oil painting. Official harassment persisted and an exhibition of his paintings at the Warren Gallery in London was raided by the police in mid 1929 and several works were confiscated.