... the space of a few pages. He also deals with issues of sexuality and politics in a manner which is often controversial. The Rainbow is Lawrence's version of a social saga, spanning three generations of the Brangwen family. It is the women characters in this novel who remain memorable as they ... unsold copies were burnt. The outcry of the conservative press made much of sexual "filth" but was probably as much animated by outrage at Lawrence's disenchantment with modernity and militarism, some critics arguing that such a book would undermine the moral health of the nation in a time of ......

• Word Count: 1985
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... now there is Pre-20th African American Literature, which would include authors like Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Dubois, William Wells Brown, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Charles Waddell Chesnutt and Frances Harper. The second of the two time periods assigned to African American literature is 20th century, and that ... in 1928. By the late 1800's and early 1900's, African American poetry hit the scene again by way of Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Dunbar was the first African American to become popular for his writings in both fiction and poetry, and published 14 books from 1983 to 1905, ...

• Word Count: 2200
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Inherit the Wind, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, set in a small town of Hillsboro, not so long ago presents us with a duel between legal giants Henry Drummond, ... his composure crumbles along with his confidence. Henry Drummond- Clearly the hero of this play, Henry Drummond represents the character whose personal philosophies most closely resemble those of Lawrence and Lee. Drummond had made a career for himself as a criminal defense attorney and a reputation for himself as an agnostic. Through his negotiation of these hardships ... them to become dynamic, he remains fairly consistent...

• Word Count: 1262
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... itself, and the ego will have to burst like the swollen frog, and then perhaps we shall know true sex, in ourselves. D.H. Lawrence from "Leave Sex Alone" Sex, Silence and other Pornographic Indiscretions When twentieth century writer D.H. Lawrence began publishing poetry about the beauty and love that he found within sex, he became one of the most despised and censored authors of his ... . Despite the prevalence of sex in literature, its appearance in all genres has been met with misunderstanding, condemnation and even blatant oblivion or ignorance of its significance. While poets like L...

• Word Count: 1877
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate