'Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious' and 'Fantasia of the Unconscious'

TRAMA

Two essays which present Lawrence's ideas about Freud's philosophy, and wider social and political issues.

NOTE EDITORE

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.

SOMMARIO

General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Cue-titles; Introduction; 'Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious'; 'Fantasia of the Unconscious'; Explanatory notes; Textual apparatus; A note on pounds, shillings and pence.

PREFAZIONE

The two essays Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious (1921) and Fantasia of the Unconscious (1922) present Lawrence's ideas about Freudian psychoanalytic theories, the upbringing and education of children, marriage, and social and even political action. They form an illuminating guide to the thinking behind his other published works.

AUTORE

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.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780521327916
• Collana: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence
• Dimensioni: 216 x 24 x 140 mm Ø 600 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 356