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rainbow arch; it is the “togetherness in unison**, a quest for
fulfilment in marriage, in Women in Love the relationship can
best be described as a ’mutual unison in separateness"; "otherness”,
“oneness“, and“singleness“ become more important, according
to Lawrence's measure, a reflection of his dualism: separateness
in the union of man and woman. This is a typical Lawrentian
paradox reflected in Birkin (Lawrence in Women in Love)
which H.M.Daleski observes:
about
“The sex act is the means by which 'the admixture of sex'
is 'surpassed', is the means, that is to say, by which the
complex union of male and female components in the individual
man and woman is reduced to elemental singleness, the
man becoming 'pure* man, the woman 'pure' woman«1’(T7F 165)
Complex as this paradox is, it is taken for granted in Lady Chatterlev's
Lover and the real basis of Lawrence's doctrine of sex
in the last phase is this fulfilment, if it is possible, with
tenderness.
In 1912 Lawrence began a book at first called The Sisters
and later on The Wedding Ring,
In 1913 the final draft of the
first part was ready, under the title The Rainbow, and in 191?
it was published in London for the first time. As soon as he
earned his definite place in the literary world, his happiness
vanished rapidly and he was deceived and wearied by reviewers,
critics, and “his England“, which he could not forget till the
end of his life. Success became a trauma. It was Lawrence's
first encounter with the censors. The Rainbow was suppressed,
following press attacks upon it as “indecent“.
Of course, the
press, the critics, and the reviewers' standards were the standards
of
Victorian morality.