@article{ref1,
title="The Doll as a Catalyst in an Individuation Process in D.H. Lawrence's The Captain's Doll",
journal="British journal of psychotherapy",
year="1996",
author="Pierloot, Roland A.",
volume="12",
number="3",
pages="332-341",
abstract="In the novella The Captain's Doll, D.H. Lawrence represents an individuation process in which the male protagonist evolves from a state of extreme infantile bondage into an adult relationship, safeguarding his autonomy. As a metaphor the doll symbolizes the manipulation of the protagonist by his female partners. As a real object, figuring in its varying traject as a leitmotiv in the story, it functions as a catalyst facilitating the awakening of the unconscious motivations in the relationship between the protagonist and his mistress. Their agreement on an adult partnership entails the destruction of the doll.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0265-9883",
doi="10.1111/j.1752-0118.1996.tb00821.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0118.1996.tb00821.x"
}