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- Title
Winter-Crack Trees: Botanical Symbolism and D. H. Lawrence’s 1914 Revisions of Odour of Chrysanthemums.
- Authors
Rivers, Bryan
- Abstract
A critique of the short story "Odour of Chrysanthemums" by D. H. Lawrence is presented, focusing on the symbolism of the winter-crack plum-trees that appear in the garden of the character Elizabeth Bates. The ripening of the plums as described by the "Oxford English Dictionary" is discussed, which cites Lawrence. The author suggests that the plums symbolize the sexual relationship of the married characters, Bank's epiphany at the end of the story, and the death of her husband.
- Subjects
ODOUR of Chrysanthemums (Short story); LAWRENCE, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930; SYMBOLISM in literature; PLUM; EPIPHANIES in literature; MARRIED people in literature
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2012, Vol 59, Issue 3, p411
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Short Story Review
- DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjs128