Larence's England The Major Fiction, 1913-20 [Hardcover]

Written during and immediately after the 1914-18 War, Lawrence's major fictions - notably The Rainbow and Women in Love - trace the growth and contemplate the state of industrial England in the twentieth century. Michael Black's introductory chapters show the theoretical interest of Lawrence's writing-method, and how in discarded draft material he was seeking the narrative modes of the great novels which followed. The analysis of these finds Lawrence seeking a modern form of spirituality as well as rediscovered sexual relationships.Acknowledgements Spontaneity and Revision as Aesthetic in Lawrence 'Theorising Myself Out': The 'Burns' Novel and 'Elsa Culverwell' The Rainbow as History The Rainbow : Language and Imagery The Rainbow : 'The Bitterness of Ecstasy' The Rainbow : Recurrences: Religion: Dependency The Rainbow : Scenes by Moonlight England My England Women in Love : Introduction Women in Love : The Chapter as Focus:'Breadalby' Women in Love : Birkin and Lawrence: Loerke Women in Love : The Project Women In Love : Character Women in Love : Lawrence's England Index

...anyone familiar with the texts he discusses will return to them with enhanced appreciation. - Choice

MICHAEL BLACK is Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, formerly University Publisher, Cambridge University Press. He is author of D.H. Lawrence: The Early Fiction and D.H. Lawrence: The Early Philosophical Work.