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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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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Doris Lessing
• Author: Elizabeth Maslen
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 131
• EAN: 9780746312247
• ISBN: 0746312245
• ID: 04672460
• Publisher: Northcote House Publishers Ltd
• Weight: 208 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 153 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. August 2014

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