To be oneself was a supreme, gleaming triumph of infinity This is
the insight that flashes upon Ursula as she struggles to assert her
individuality and to stand separate from her family and her
surroundings on the brink of womanhood and the modern world. In The
Rainbow (1915) Lawrence challenged the customary limitations of
language and convention to carry into the structure of his prose
the fascination with boundaries and space that characterize the
entire novel. Condemned and suppressed on its first publication for
its open treatment of sexuality and its `unpatriotic' spirit, the
novel chronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen
family over a period of more than 60 years, setting them against
the emergence of modern England. The central figure of ursula
becomes the focus of Lawrence's examination of relationships and
the conflicts they bring, and the inextricable mingling of the
physical and the spiritual. Suffused with biblical imagery, The
Rainbow addresses searching human issues in a setting of precise
and vivid detail. In her introduction to this edition Kate Flint
illuminates Lawrence's aims and achievements against the background
of the burgeoning century. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years
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