A Biography of Lawrence

Author: Xing Jianchang
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: D.H. Lawrence lived in a turbulent family environment. What he remembered was the white cedar trees on Walker Street outside his home screaming in the howling wind, mixed with his mother's shrill arguments, his father's loud, masculine voice, and curses. In such a family, he was physically frail, sensitive, observant, with an excellent memory, and at the same time—controlled by maternal love. Sons and Lovers reflects his childhood and youth. In the book, his mother successfully obstructs her son's love for the girl Millie, and celebrates her "victory." Here, if the son cannot break free from the Oedipus complex, he cannot truly love.