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Written in D. H. Lawrence's most productive period, 'Psychoanalysis
and the Unconscious' (1921) and 'Fantasia of the Unconscious'
(1922) were undertaken initially in response to psychoanalytic
criticism of his novel Sons and Lovers. They soon developed more
generally to propose an alternative to what Lawrence perceived as
the Freudian psychoanalytic theory of the unconscious and the
incest motive. The essays also develop his ideas about the
upbringing and education of children, about marriage, and about
social and even political action. Lawrence described them as 'this
pseudo-philosophy of mine which was deduced from the novels and
poems, not the reverse. The absolute need one has for some sort of
satisfactory mental attitude towards oneself and things in general
makes one try to abstract some definite conclusions from one's
experiences as a writer and as a man'. These conclusions form an
illuminating guide to his works and therein lies their peculiar
value.
Written in D. H. Lawrence's most productive period, 'Psychoanalysis
and the Unconscious' (1921) and 'Fantasia of the Unconscious'
(1922) were undertaken initially in response to psychoanalytic
criticism of his novel Sons and Lovers. They soon developed more
generally to propose an alternative to what Lawrence perceived as
the Freudian psychoanalytic theory of the unconscious and the
incest motive. The essays also develop his ideas about the
upbringing and education of children, about marriage, and about
social and even political action. Lawrence described them as 'this
pseudo-philosophy of mine which was deduced from the novels and
poems, not the reverse. The absolute need one has for some sort of
satisfactory mental attitude towards oneself and things in general
makes one try to abstract some definite conclusions from one's
experiences as a writer and as a man'. These conclusions form an
illuminating guide to his works and therein lies their peculiar
value.
Kangaroo is D. H. Lawrence's eighth novel, set in Australia. He
wrote the first draft in just forty-five days while living south of
Sydney, in 1922, and revised it three months later in New Mexico.
The descriptions of the country are vivid and sympathetic and the
book fuses lightly disguised autobiography with an exploration of
political ideas at an immensely personal level. Based on a
collation of the manuscript, typescripts and first editions, this
text of Kangaroo is closest to what Lawrence would have expected to
see in print. There is a full textual apparatus of variants, a
comprehensive introduction giving the background and history of
composition and publication and a summary of contemporary
reviewers' opinions. Explanatory notes elucidate the many
geographical, political and literary allusions in the text; there
are three maps and an appendix detailing Australian locations.
D. H. Lawrence’s ‘Study of Thomas Hardy’, written in the early months of World War I, was originally intended to be a short critical work on Hardy’s characters, but developed into a major statement of Lawrence’s philosophy of art. The introduction to this work shows its relation to Lawrence’s final rewriting of The Rainbow and its place among his continual attempts to express his philosophy in a definitive form. Previously published posthumously from a corrupt typescript, the ‘Study’ is now more firmly based on Koteliansky’s typescript - Lawrence having destroyed the manuscript. The other essays in this volume span virtually the whole of Lawrence’s writing career, from ‘Art and the Individual’ (1908) to his last essay ‘John Galsworthy’, written in 1927. The introduction sets these essays in the context of Lawrence’s life and work. The textual apparatus gives variant readings, and explanatory notes identify references and quotations, and offer background information.
The fourteen short stories collected in this volume were written
between 1913 and 1921, most of them against the background of the
1914-18 War. All but one were published in slightly different
versions by magazines and periodicals on both sides of the
Atlantic. Ten were selected and revised by Lawrence for his
collection England, My England published in 1922 in the United
States and 1924 in Britain. Some of the stories included in this
volume are "Tickets Please," "The Blind Man," "Monkey Nuts,"
"Wintry Peacock," "Hadrian," "Samson and Delilah," "The Primrose
Path," "The Horse-Dealer's Daughter," and "The Last Straw." The
texts aim to recover Lawrence's own intentions, which editors and
publishers all too frequently ignored or altered. Where possible,
manuscripts and corrected typescripts are used as base-texts. The
introduction traces the composition and revision of the stories,
setting them in the context of Lawrence's life and work. The
textual apparatus gives variant readings, and explanatory notes
identify sources, references and quotations. The 1915 version of
"England, My England" is given in an appendix.
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