Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious and Fantasia of the Unconscious

by D. H. Lawrence

Overview

Written in Lawrence's most productive period, Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious and Fantasia of the Unconscious were undertaken initially in response to psychoanalytic criticism of Sons and Lovers. They 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. D. H. Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter whose works represent a reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization. In his writings Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, and instinct often apposing current social acceptance. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, described him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612039459
Publisher:	Spastic Cat Press
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Pages:	166
Sales rank:	504,453
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Bruce Steele is Senior Honorary Research Fellow at Monash University, Victoria. He has edited four volumes in The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence, and currently, with Clive Probyn, he is directing Monash University's Henry Handel Richardson project which is producing the first complete critical edition of Richardson's works.

Date of Birth:

September 11, 1885

Date of Death:

March 2, 1930

Place of Birth:

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England

Place of Death:

Vence, France

Education:

Nottingham University College, teacher training certificate, 1908

Table of Contents

Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious
  I. Psychoanalysis v. Morality
  II. The Incest Motive and Idealism
  III. The Birth of Consciousness
  IV. The Child and His Mother
  V. The Lover and the Beloved
  VI. Human Relations and the Unconscious
Fantasia of the Unconscious
  Foreword
  I. Introduction
  II. The Holy Family
  III. Plexuses, Planes, and so on
  IV. Trees and Babies and Papas and Mamas
  V. The Five Senses
  VI. First Glimmerings of Mind
  VII. First Steps in Education
  VIII. Education and Sex in Man, Woman, and Child
  IX. The Birth of Sex
  X. Parent Love
  XI. The Vicious Circle
  XII. Litany of Exhortations
  XIII. Cosmological
  XIV. Sleep and Dreams
  XV. The Lower Self
  Epilogue

Editorial Reviews

"This is a fine new edition of two important books and one can only hope that it will encourage a more widespread discussion of them than we have had so far." - English Literature in Transition, Garry Watson, University of Alberta

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