D. H. Lawrence expected The Rainbow to have 'a bit of a fight' before it was accepted, but 'The fight will have to be made, that is all'. It was suppressed, just over a month after publication, in November 1915. The American publisher would make thirteen further cuts and 'dribble out' the book quietly. In 1930 the British government would again consider suppressing a new printing of The Rainbow. Professor Mark Kinkead-Weekes gives the composition history and collates the surviving states of the text to assess the damage done to Lawrence's novel, and to provide a text as close to that which...

Written after the First World War when he was living in Sicily, Sea and Sardinia records Lawrence's journey to Sardinia and back in January 1921. It reveals his response to a new landscape and people and his ability to transmute the spirit of place into literary art. Like his other travel writings the book is also a shrewd inquiry into the political and social values of an era which saw the rise of communism and fascism. On one level an indictment of contemporary materialism, Sea and Sardinia is nevertheless an optimistic book, celebrating the creativity of the human spirit and seeking in the...

"Aaron's Rod" from David Herbert Lawrence. English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter (1885-1930).

"Amores" from David Herbert Lawrence. English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter (1885-1930).

"England My England" from David Herbert Lawrence. English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter (1885-1930).

"Fantasia of the Unconscious" from David Herbert Lawrence. English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter (1885-1930).

"Look We Have Come Through" from David Herbert Lawrence. English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter (1885-1930).

"New Poems" from David Herbert Lawrence. English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter (1885-1930).

"Sea and Sardinia" from David Herbert Lawrence. English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter (1885-1930).

"The Lost Girl" from David Herbert Lawrence. English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter (1885-1930).