Female Friendships in Doris Lessing's Novels (Zimbabwe)

The nature and scope of Lessing's feminism has been controversial, yet the apparent contradiction between Lessing's avowed lack of sympathy with the women's movement, and feminists' persistent interest in her work can be resolved by understanding the parameters of Lessing's identification with women. In a "A Talk with Doris Lessing by Florence Howe" Lessing said, "I wrote from inside a woman's viewpoint, naturally, since I am one" (A Small Personal Voice 80). Her femaleness is both obvious and inevitable, and is expressed in exceptionally intimate portraits of relations between female friends.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Wellington, Charmaine Eileen

• Literature, Modern

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(UMI)AAI8701649

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69457