T H E S I S
T H E S I S T H E S I S
9h idea of blutbrUderschaft plays an important role, (exactly as it did in his private life) but I think it is of secondary importance, f* in the transference of the part played by the genital organs to other organs or different areas of the body. Through all his novels we find many passages of sado-masochistic flavour, in The White Peacock, for example, as I noted on pages 32-33* These systematic observations, based on a literary criticism which holds it impossible to separate Lawrence the writer from Lawrence the man, must be joined to the idea that the author has changed between The White Peacock and Lady Chatterley’s Lover«, although traces of his “polymorphously perverse disposition'* remain in the latter. From this Freudian point of view, Lawrence *s sexuality is somewhat perverse in its development, but that is to say it is '‘normally" neurotic, as Freud himself would say«' As artist, Lawrence overcomes this difficulty through sublimation® But since the negative of perversion is neurosis, again according to Freud, and Lawrence is not a complete neurotic, he must really be a gifted artist, for the gifted artist is the result of a balanced combination of efficiency, perversion, and neurosis. Certainly Lawrence’s deviation from normal sexuality was mainly due to the long mother-“son love-attachment. Because of -this there is an incompleteness in his sex doctrine» Certainly he is almost always positively emphasizing his “perversions'*, but he says very little about the instinct of procreation, the final biological reason for sex» R.Aldington regards Lawrence’s changes and phases as re
95 presentative of most people's experiences: "At forty Lawrence in many ways was much the same kind of person he had been at twenty,»" (PGB 1+6) I think that the late Lawrence of Lady Chatterley's Lover r—»■! i»niVm«Hi —........ iiiiiiw........... is far from the Lawrence of The White Peacock^ but not too far« He has never mastered his "polymorphously perverse" circumstances completely, but he is capable of mature sexual behaviour. He has riever abandoned the theme of sex as a motive in human conduct, but in Lady Chatterley's Lover there is a definite change in his view of sex, which is not to be seen with horror any more, but with sincerity and opening« Little by little5 in his philosophical maturity, D.H*Lawrence is bitterly giving up his projects and ideals. He does not strive for blutbrtlderschaft any longer; he understands that friendship between man and man is impossible. His ideals of education, leadership, and politics are dropped because of their impracticability« "Rananim", his utopian colony of friendship, freedom, and.happiness is slowly evanescing in the distant and lost horizon of M s complex existence. His marriage with Frieda is not that example of harmony and comprehension it was in the beginning. .He cannot wake up his England from the mortal sleep of industrial« ism and the mechanical mind. Frieda says that the First World Mar had already cracked his beliefs in the prospects of human civilization. But Lawrence has never given up his doctrine whose principal stated motive (more than procreative) is creative and religious, and its second motive is sex. Nevertheless, it seems to me that the first motive in Lady Chatterley's Lover is really sex.
- Page 53 and 54: ^3 Lawrence said in his defence: "T
- Page 55 and 56: ubbing passage of The White Peacock
- Page 57 and 58: eautiful."(TRB 238) Why afraid? Bec
- Page 59 and 60: Chapter V LAURENCE AND PORNOGRAPHY
- Page 61 and 62: 51 sions then is Freud’s theory o
- Page 63 and 64: 53 male, in a negative or sundering
- Page 65 and 66: 55 he directly faced the censors an
- Page 67 and 68: 57 "the whole question of pornograp
- Page 69 and 70: 59 Girordias, (11) famous editor an
- Page 71 and 72: 61 secret".; Neither can be of any
- Page 73 and 74: 63 by January 1928 and is now widel
- Page 75 and 76: 65 So the general subject matter of
- Page 77 and 78: 67 The real theme, which recurs in
- Page 79 and 80: 69 built of rusticated sandstone an
- Page 81 and 82: 71 who want to dominate them, Mello
- Page 83 and 84: 73 question Lawrence puts to himsel
- Page 85 and 86: 75 the mechanical images are deflec
- Page 87 and 88: 77 lies, navels, and breasts* (It h
- Page 89 and 90: 79 Maybe they are the truth some cr
- Page 91 and 92: 81 heave her loins, and throw the m
- Page 93 and 94: 83 ’'darkness” is present in M
- Page 95 and 96: 85 11ty shook her to her foundation
- Page 97 and 98: 87 some kind of ’'arrest'** In al
- Page 99 and 100: Chapter ¥11 CONCLUSIONS Host of th
- Page 101 and 102: 91 in a passionate love affair and
- Page 103: 93 distinguished from normal conduc
- Page 107 and 108: 97 easy to say* I think that he has
- Page 109 and 110: APPENDIX NOTES 1 Title of the work
- Page 111 and 112: BIBLIOGRAPHY •* Aldington^ Richar
- Page 113 and 114: 103 Lawrence, D«E., (cont.) -"SunJ
95<br />
presentative of most people's experiences:<br />
"At forty Lawrence in many ways was much the same kind of<br />
person he had been at twenty,»" (PGB 1+6)<br />
I think that the late Lawrence of Lady Chatterley's Lover<br />
r—»■! i»niVm«Hi —........ iiiiiiw...........<br />
is far from the Lawrence of The White Peacock^ but not too far«<br />
He has never mastered his "polymorphously perverse" circumstances<br />
completely, but he is capable of mature sexual behaviour. He has<br />
riever abandoned the theme of sex as a motive in human conduct,<br />
but in Lady Chatterley's Lover there is a definite change in his<br />
view of sex, which is not to be seen with horror any more, but<br />
with sincerity and opening«<br />
Little by little5 in his philosophical maturity, D.H*Lawrence<br />
is bitterly giving up his projects and ideals. He does not<br />
strive for blutbrtlderschaft any longer; he understands that friendship<br />
between man and man is impossible. His ideals of education,<br />
leadership, and politics are dropped because of their impracticability«<br />
"Rananim", his utopian colony of friendship, freedom,<br />
and.happiness is slowly evanescing in the distant and lost horizon<br />
of M s complex existence. His marriage with Frieda is not<br />
that example of harmony and comprehension it was in the beginning.<br />
.He cannot wake up his England from the mortal sleep of industrial«<br />
ism and the mechanical mind. Frieda says that the First World Mar<br />
had already cracked his beliefs in the prospects of human civilization.<br />
But Lawrence has never given up his doctrine whose principal<br />
stated motive (more than procreative) is creative and religious,<br />
and its second motive is sex. Nevertheless, it seems to<br />
me that the first motive in Lady Chatterley's Lover is really sex.
Change language