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A.
D. H. Lawrence's description of the story of Sons &
Lovers is almost like that of his
relationship with his mother.
A
woman of character and refinement goes into the lower class, and has no
satisfaction in her own life. She has had a passion for her
husband, so the children are born of passion, and have heaps
of vitality. But as her sons grow up she selects them as
lovers, first the eldest, then the second. These sons are
urged into life by their reciprocal love of their mother
raged on and on. But when they come to manhood, they can急
love, because their mother is the strongest power in their lives, and
holds them. . . . The next son gets a woman who fights for his
soul锏ights his mother. The son loves the mother all the sons
hate and are jealous of the father. (Boulton 49)
B.
Lawrence on his relationship with his mother
This
has been a kind of bond between me and my mother. We have
loved each other, almost with a husband and wife love,
as well as filial and maternal. We knew each other by
instinct . . . We have been like one, so sensitive to each other that
we never needed words. It has been rather terrible, and has
made me, in some respects, abnormal. (Meyers 25; underline
added)
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