| The Rainbow Contributor(s): Lawrence, D. H. (Author), Lawrence, David Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108060463 ISBN-13: 9781108060462 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $113.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Fiction and Poetry |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.66 lbs) 478 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) expected The Rainbow to cause a stir. In a characteristically open exploration of sensual and explicit themes, the novel traces more than sixty years of pre-war life and three generations of the Brangwen family. Employing language infused with the rich imagery and repetition of biblical texts to treat all subjects - from the green fields and empty skies of the Brangwen farm through to Ursula's encounter with a female schoolteacher - Lawrence took an assuredly striking approach. However, he was unprepared for the vitriolic attacks of his reviewers. The novel was branded 'utter filth' and 'a mass of obscenity'; it was banned only a month after its publication in 1915, unsold copies being confiscated and destroyed. A second, abridged edition would not appear for another eleven years. Now a landmark in the early modernist canon, the original and unabridged text of 1915 is reissued here. |