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The Rainbow
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
The Rainbow
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Herbert Lawrence
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| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Fiction and Poetry |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:478 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108057110
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.912 |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
3 January 2013 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
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