The White Peacock

by D. H. Lawrence

Overview

The White Peacock, Lawrence's first novel, is a compelling exploration of the estrangements of modern life. Focusing on three relationships, he exploits the language and conventions of the rural tradition to illuminate man's alienation from the natural world. David Bradshaw's innovative Introduction challenges received ideas about the work and reassesses this often underrated novel to show how Lawrence, even in his first work, was already breaking the mold of English fiction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781518765650
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/25/2015
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

D.H. Lawrence, or David Herbert Lawrence, was an English author of novels, short tales, poems, plays, essays, travel guides, and letters. He was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, on September 11, 1885, and passed away in Vence, France, on March 2, 1930. He became one of the most important English authors of the 20th century because of his novels Sons and Lovers (1913), The Rainbow (1915), and Women in Love (1920). Lawrence never again resided in England after the First World War. He and his wife left for Italy in 1919. Soon after, he started writing a series of books that included The Lost Girl (1920), and Aaron's Rod (1922). All three books are divided into two sections, with the tribal ritual of mate-finding taking center stage in the first and the central character venturing to Europe in the second. All three books have open-ended conclusions, but in Mr. Noon, Lawrence delivers his protagonist Lawrence's firsthand account of his time in Germany in 1912 with Frieda, carrying on the lighthearted theme he introduced in Sons and Lovers. Lawrence made the decision to leave Europe in 1921 and travel to the US, Australia, and Sri Lanka.

Date of Birth:

September 11, 1885

Date of Death:

March 2, 1930

Place of Birth:

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England

Place of Death:

Vence, France

Education:

Nottingham University College, teacher training certificate, 1908

Table of Contents

General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Cue-titles; Map; Introduction; The White Peacock; Appendix; Explanatory notes; Textual apparatus; A note on pounds, shillings and pence.