The Rainbowのアーシュラ

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Lawrence first intended to publish the new story titled Sisters, but he changed his original plan and split it into two stories, The Rainbow (1915) and Women in Love (1919). Lawrence refers to the relations of the two stories in 1916, saying that Women in Love is a kind of sequel to The Rainbow. F.R. Leavis commented on the later work, pointing out that it is "wholly self-contained" and has "no organic connexion with The Rainbow." His point is understandable when we consider that the writing style of The Rainbow belongs to the 19th century English novel, while Women in Love is analytic and esoteric. However, the truth is that the main interest of the stories is quite similar to each other. Leavis's point of view attracts our attention in that he believes Lawrence was well matured enough to write Women in Love by the time (1915) when he finished The Rainbow. This suggests that the author had already had that critical mind represented in the later story, which is well enough proved by the characterization of Ursula in The Rainbow. Although Leavis is negative of the connection between The Rainbow and Women in Love, Ursula in the former novel is surely identical of another Ursula in Women in Love. It is not too much to say that The Rainbow was written in order to create Ursula. The cardinal purpose here is to discuss how important Ursula is for Women in Love, paying attention to Ursula in the former story.
宮崎公立大学の論文
2008-03-07