Brangwen family

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The Brangwen family is the central multigenerational farming family whose evolving relationships, desires, and social circumstances are explored across several decades in D. H. Lawrence’s novel "The Rainbow."

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instanceOf fictional family
appearsIn The Rainbow NERFINISHED
Women in Love NERFINISHED
centralConcern changing gender roles
conflict between individual and society
evolving relationships
countryOfFictionalOrigin England NERFINISHED
createdBy D. H. Lawrence NERFINISHED
exploredInGenre novel
firstPublicationContext The Rainbow (1915 novel) NERFINISHED
focusOf multigenerational family saga
hasGeneration three generations
hasLiterarySignificance exemplifies D. H. Lawrence’s exploration of human psychology
forms the core narrative line of The Rainbow
hasPrimarySetting Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED
rural England
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod modernist literature
member Anna Brangwen NERFINISHED
Gudrun Brangwen NERFINISHED
Lydia Brangwen NERFINISHED
Tom Brangwen NERFINISHED
Ursula Brangwen NERFINISHED
Will Brangwen NERFINISHED
narrativeRole central family in The Rainbow
occupationTradition farming
relatedWork Women in Love (1920 novel) NERFINISHED
setAgainstBackgroundOf rise of industrial society in England
shifts in social and moral values
socialClass lower middle class
rural working class
themeAssociated desire
individual freedom
industrialization
marriage
sexuality
social change
timeSpanCovered early 20th century
late 19th century

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The Rainbow followsGenerationsOf Brangwen family