
Doris Lessing
Elizabeth Maslen(Author)
Liverpool University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 31. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
131 pages
978-0-7463-1224-7 (ISBN)
Description
This new edition of Elizabeth Maslen's successful study covers the full range of Doris Lessing's work and explores in detail both its form and content. From The Grass is Singing (1950) through to Alfred and Emily (2008) her main concerns are shown to have a remarkable continuity, both in her commitment to political and cultural issues and in her explorations of inner space. Her experiments with form are closely analysed, and her bold exposure of jargon, cliche, and the manipulative power of language is demonstrated. While she can be seen as part of the great diasporaic influx that followed World War Two her experimentations with form blend in with the explorations of realism taking place in much British fiction from the early years of the twentieth century. This is a concise, accessible, but scholarly book, offering both perceptive critical insights and a valuable up-to-date bibliography.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7463-1224-7 (9780746312247)
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Person
Elizabeth Maslen is a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of English Studies, University of London following a long career as Senior Lecturer in English, first at Westfield College, then at Queen Mary, University of London. She has published widely on twentieth-century literature and her latest book is Life in the Work of Storm Jameson (2013).