D. H Lawrence
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Viking Press
Pub. Date
1960
Description
D.H. Lawrence's magnificent exploration of human sexuality in the days surrounding World War I. 'Let us hesitate no longer to announce that the sensual passions and mysteries are equally sacred with the spiritual mysteries and passions,' wrote D.H. Lawrence in Women In Love, a masterpiece that heralded the erotic consciousness of the twentieth century. Echoing elements of Lawrence's own life, Women In Love delves into the mysteries between men and...
Author
Publisher
Easton Press
Pub. Date
2005
Description
First published in Italy, the publication of this book caused a scandal in the United Kingdom not only due to its explicit sex scenes, including some hard words, and because the lovers were a working-class male and an aristocratic female. The book was also banned in the United States, in Australia and in other countries.
6) The Rainbow
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D. H. Lawrence's 1915 novel "The Rainbow" is the story of three generations of the Brangwens family. While tame by today's standards, "The Rainbow", for its frank treatment of human sexuality, caused Lawence to be prosecuted on an obscenity charge in England when it was first published. Through richly personal characterizations, "The Rainbow" deals profoundly with the very nature of human relations as it explores the sexuality of Ursula Brangwen and...