VOL. 63, BOOK 1, PART C, 2025, pp. 189 – 203 Full text (En)
Author: Tsvetelina Stoykova
Affiliation: Training Centre Raya London Ltd
Abstract
This paper focuses on David H. Lawrence’s short story The Horse-Dealer’s Daughter, providing an exploration of the way in which the symbolic presence of the mother influences the main character’s life. To explore the topic, my study employs a hermeneutic interpretive method, drawing on Freud’s psychoanalysis in Family Romances and Heidegger’s existential philosophy in Being and Time. My purpose is not to propose a complete analysis of the work. Rather, my text draws on specific concepts in order to support my own line of thought.
Key words: D. H. Lawrence, Mabel Pervin, mother, symbol, death, love, life
