Relationships between gender and imaginative themes and styles in literature are clearly demonstrable but complicated. The life, times, and best-known works of fantasy of an Edwardian author of children's literature, Edith Nesbit, are examined to illustrate what Jung described as the individuation process; to show how this process affected her creativity, career, and perhaps her personality development; and to explore the influence of gender and gender-related conflicts in her imaginative expressions.
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