Doris Lessing’s Autobiography and the Experience of Exile

I thought I might concentrate on Lessing’s autobiography, since it is a part of her work which is probably less well known to readers than the rest of her production. She published two volumes of autobiography, the first one entitled Under my Skin, published in 1994 and the second one, Walking in t...

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1. Verfasser: Bernard, Catherine
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: Études britanniques contemporaines 2018
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Zusammenfassung:I thought I might concentrate on Lessing’s autobiography, since it is a part of her work which is probably less well known to readers than the rest of her production. She published two volumes of autobiography, the first one entitled Under my Skin, published in 1994 and the second one, Walking in the Shade, published in 1998. The turning point between the two volumes is the moment when Lessing leaves Rhodesia for England, that is in 1949. Now my contention today will be that Lessing’s autobi...