THE WHITE PEACOCK
de Lawrence, D. H
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- Librería
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. D.H. Lawrence is certainly best-known for his erotic classic, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," but the British writer's first published novel is "The White Peacock," first published in 1911. It is written in the first person, narrated by a sensitive young man named Cyril Beardsall, who tells the story, set in the English countryside, of himself, his sister, Lettie, and their friends, George Saxton, and Leslie Tempest, who are both suitors for Lettie's hand. First printing, first edition thus. Issued in 1966 as the second work of "Crosscurrents/Modern Fiction by the Southern Illinois University Press. About 5 x 8 inches, 360 pages including preface by editor Harry T. Moore and a note on the text by Matthew J. Bruccoli. Green cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows drawing of typical English, early-20th century,country town against green background with author in black lettering and title in white. Cloth at top end of spine has faded, o/w boards show only very minor surface wear. No bumped corners, no deep scraches. Top edge of text lightly soiled, with single small stain on fore edge, o/w text is clean, complete, and unmarked. Dustjacket shows light edge wear and light wear at corners and spine ends. O/w no creasing, tearing or scratching. Not price-clipped. A collectable copy of this edition of the Lawrence's debut novel, which, in a number of respects, foreshadows his later, much better-known work.
Sinopsis
The son of a miner, the prolific novelist, poet, and travel writer David Herbert Lawrence was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, in 1885. He attended Nottingham University and found employment as a schoolteacher. His first novel, The White Peacock , was published in 1911, the same year his beloved mother died and he quit teaching after contracting pneumonia. The next year Lawrence published Sons and Lovers and ran off to Germany with Frieda Weekley, his former tutor’s wife. His masterpieces The Rainbow and Women in Love were completed in quick succession, but the first was suppressed as indecent and the second was not published until 1920. Lawrence’s lyrical writings challenged convention, promoting a return to an ideal of nature where sex is seen as a sacrament. In 1928 Lawrence’s final novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover , was banned in England and the United States for indecency. He died of tuberculosis in 1930 in Venice.
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Detalles
- Librería
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 006013
- Título
- THE WHITE PEACOCK
- Autor
- Lawrence, D. H
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Carbondale, IL
- Fecha de publicación
- 1966
- Palabras clave
- MODERN NOVEL, ENGLAND, ENGLISH LITERATURE, DEBUT 20TH CENTURY,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Novel; England; Fine Literature;
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Sobre el vendedor
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Canandaigua, New York
Sobre H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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