The novels of Doris Lessing (Crosscurrents/Modern critiques)

By Paul Schlueter

Considered by many critics to be Britain's most important woman novel­ist, Doris Lessing warrants major atten­tion. Her novels increasingly bring into question what itmeans to be an eman­cipated woman in a complex and male-dominated society, especially a woman involved with politics, with writing, with love and sex--a woman who frankly admits her sexuality.

Schlueter's new book is the only in-depth study of all the Lessing novels to date and the first full-length study of her major themes. The insights pro­vided in this work will enable readers to understand and appreciate Doris Lessing's perception and interpretation of human experience in this "complex, chaotic, conformist world."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809306123
• ISBN13: 9780809306121
• Release Date: February 1973
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 8.3"