Doris Lessing and Sufi Equilibrium: The Evolving Form of the Novel - Couverture rigide

Fahim, S.

 
9780333559086: Doris Lessing and Sufi Equilibrium: The Evolving Form of the Novel
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0333559088 ISBN 13 : 9780333559086
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 1994

Synopsis

The purpose of this study is to examine the rationale of Doris Lessing's development from Classical Realism to mysticism and forms of science fiction and to consider the unifying motifs that appear throughout her novels in her consistent search for Sufi Equilibrium. The four novels selected in this study represent significant stages in Lessing's work. Chapter one focuses on The Grass is Singing, which represents the author's early traditionally realistic writing, to show how far the preoccupations of Lessing's later novels find expression in this early work. Chapter two studies The Golden Notebook, which marks a turning point in formal structure in Lessing's canon and is selected as evidence of her interest in Sufism at that early stage. Chapter three concentrates on the study of The Memoirs of a Survivor, which has elicited a comparatively limited amount of criticism but which proves to be a major achievement when brought into line with Sufi methods of writing. Chapter four considers Lessing's science fiction series, 'Canopus in Argos', tracing sources from Oriental literature - a key which unlocks many areas of obscurity.

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À propos de l'auteur

SHADIA S. FAHIM

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0333559088
ISBN 13 
9780333559086
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
289
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Koch-Chemie GmbH
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