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THE RAINBOW
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| By: |
David Herbert Lawrence |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108060463 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108060462 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
18 January, 2013 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Fiction and Poetry |
| Pages: |
478 |
| Description: |
First published in 1915, this novel traces the saga of the Brangwen family and their turbulent, scandalous fortunes. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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