The White Peacock An Edwardian Pastoral of Rural Nottinghamshire, Youthful Desire, Class Tension, and Modernist Nature Writing
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
18.11.2023
Verlag
Sharp InkSeitenzahl
208
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/1,2 cm
Gewicht
309 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-3151-1
The White Peacock, D. H. Lawrence's first novel, is a finely observed pastoral tragedy set in the Nottinghamshire countryside, where youthful desire, class feeling, and the claims of instinct unsettle conventional romance. Through the reflective narration of Cyril Beardsall, Lawrence follows the entanglements of Lettie Beardsall, George Saxton, and their circle, rendering courtship as both social drama and spiritual disturbance. Its lyrical descriptions of fields, weather, birds, and seasonal change place it within Edwardian realism, yet its symbolic intensity anticipates Lawrence's later modernist exploration of the body, sexuality, and divided consciousness. Lawrence drew deeply on the landscape and emotional tensions of his own early life. Born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, the son of a miner and a socially aspirant mother, he grew up between industrial hardship and rural beauty. His intimate knowledge of provincial manners, education, class aspiration, and frustrated love gave the novel its emotional authenticity; his early relationship with Jessie Chambers also helped shape its atmosphere of memory and longing. This book is recommended to readers interested in Lawrence's artistic beginnings and in the transition from Victorian pastoral fiction to modern psychological fiction. Though more restrained than his mature masterpieces, it offers a rich, revealing, and often beautiful introduction to his lifelong concerns.
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