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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