Introduction and Notes by Dr Jeff Wallace, University of Glamorgan.
Lawrence's finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust and
incomprehension. In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with
Rupert, and Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale
of sexual depravity and philosophical obscurity. Women in Love is,
however, a profound response to a whole cultural crisis. The
'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the
carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call
ourselves 'human'? On what grounds could we place ourselves above
and beyond the animal world? What are the definitive forms of our
relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth?
And how might they be otherwise? Without directly referring to the
war, Women in Love explores these questions with restless energy.
As a sequel to The Rainbow, the novel develops experimental
techniques which made Lawrence one of the most important writers of
the Modernist movement.
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