"No Such Thing as Society": Thatcherism and Derridean Hospitality in "The Fifth Child."

This article discusses the relationship that the book "The Fifth Child" by Doris Lessing has with Thatcherite nationalist ideologies. The author's opinions regarding the various types of genres that Lessing uses in her writings are presented. The way in which Lessing uses the characteristics of Grea...

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Published in:Doris Lessing Studies Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 7 - 14
Main Author: Brock, Richard
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Doris Lessing Society Winter/Spring2009
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