FANTASIA OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
Written in Lawrence’s most productive period in 1922, Fantasia of the Unconscious is a response to psychoanalytic criticism of his novel Sons and Lovers. The essays 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.
The first edition