THE WHITE PEACOCK, published in 1911, Lawrence started the
novel in 1906 and then rewrote it three times. The curly versions
had the working title of Laconia.
It involves such Lawrcnrian themes as the damage associated with
mismatched marriages, and the border country between town and
country. A misanthropic gamekeeper makes an appearance, in some
ways the prototype of Mellor''s in Lawrence''s last novel, Lady
Chatterley''s Lover. The book includes some notably description of
nature and the impact of inclustrialisation on the countryside and
the town. Its provincialism may be compared with the novels of
George Eliot and Thomas Hardy.
關於作者:
D.H. LAWRENCE(1885-1930), one of the greatest figures in
20th-century English literature. Lawrence saw six and intuition as
ways to undistorted perception of reality and means to respond
to
the inhumanity of the industrial culture. From Lawrence''s
doctrines of sexual freedom arose obscenity trials, which had a
deep effect on the relationship between literature and
society.
In 1912, he wrote: "What the blood feels, and bclicvcs, and says,
is always truce." Lawrence''s life after World War I was marked with
continuous and restless wandering.
目錄:
INTRODUCTION
PART I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
PART II
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
PART III
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II