"The original article, by 'J. H. R.', who Lawrence identified as an electrical engineer named Mr Rider, was a particularly misogynistic piece, despite perhaps an intention to be tongue-in-cheek," Dr Oliver said.
"Mr Rider wanted to explain why he eventually found even beautiful women ugly and among other things, decides it was because 'in every woman born there is a seed of terrible, unmentionable evil'."
Lawrence's response was a strong attack on such sexist attitudes, Dr Oliver said.
He suggested that the ugliness in question lurked in Mr Rider's soul and concluded that, if Mr Rider were to approach women as human beings instead of "a piece of lurid meat" he would avoid the horrors he was experiencing.
Dr Harrison has just published an article, with a full transcript of the Lawrence piece, in the English literary paper, the Times Literary Supplement.
He said Lawrence's strong response showed his impatience with contemporary attitudes to sexuality.
Dr Harrison suggested the piece wasn't published because Murry may have considered the tone of the article too aggressive and potentially libellous for the pages of the Adelphi.