DL/A-Z//FERN - [Correspondence with Dario Fernandez-Morera of Northwestern University]

DL/A-Z//FERN

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[Correspondence with Dario Fernandez-Morera of Northwestern University]

1998

4 Letters (typescript)

Fernandez-Morera, Dario
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

4 items, some highlighted. Dario Fernandez-Morera writes to Lessing about attempting to get his text, 'Diamat: The Politico-Ideological Approach in Contemporary Criticism', published, despite numerous rejections.

DL/A-Z//FERN/003 [from Dario Fernandez-Morera to Doris Lessing, 08/09/1998]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes of the rejections so far, mentioning the Free Press, John Hopkins, and Oxford University Press. Criticism includes the book being too theoretical and too politically incorrect. Asks whether Lessing could read the prospectus.

DL/A-Z//FERN/004 [from Doris Lessing to Dario Fernandez-Morera, 29/10/1998]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes with sympathy about Dario Fernandez-Morera's frustrations. Writes that she believes that "communist ideology is everywhere". Mentions Marxists and Stalinists. References Eric Hobsbawm, the Marxist historian. Suggests that he renames the book to 'Diamat' and should address the book to the ordinary reader. Writes that the US is "ridden by political correctness".