Intro WIL

Question 1

2 editions

Answer 1

There were 2 editions
1920 : American edition by Thomas Seltzer
1921 : British edition by Martin Secker.

Question 2

Highly modernist text

Answer 2

it represents their motto “to make it new” ⇒ novel = to make things new.
Modernists wanted to renew literature because thought world has changed ++ so has to change the way to describe the real.

Question 3

The novel = ++ emblematic of its age. It ran through countless editions.

Answer 3

It contrasts with the difficulty Lawrence had to publish its book at first. The book had gone from a very perception from downwrite scandal (it was forbidden at first) and the American edition was private edition, financed by the reader.

Question 4

Depending on the era it has been read = text perceived ++ differently

Answer 4

1920s : after WW2, human realised that violence and war were an ingredient of the human mind + moment of the new woman was emerging but not yet right to vote