"The Woman Who Rode Away," D. H. Law-rence's short story from 1928, contains a mythological and apocalyptic conclusion which may be anticipated in "Odour of Chrysanthemums."

Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence's autobiographical novel from 1913, involves a very similar relationship between a miner and his wife as that portrayed in "Odour of Chrysanthemums."

D. H. Lawrence's essay "Cocksure Women and Hensure Men," in Phoenix II: Uncollected, Unpublished, and Other Prose Works by D. H. Lawrence, published in 1968, is a brief and stark statement of Lawrence's view of problems in relations between the sexes.

Modern Times: Reflections on a Century of Eng-lish Modernity, edited by Mica Nava and Alan O'Shea and published in 1996, is a valuable introduction to many of the major social and cultural movements of the early twentieth century.

The Twentieth-Century Mind: History, Ideas, and Literature in Britain, written by...