DL/A-Z//HAL - [Correspondence with Edward T. Hall]

DL/A-Z//HAL

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[Correspondence with Edward T. Hall]

1992-1997

8 items Letters (typescript)

Hall, Edward T.
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

8 items, some highlighted. Personal correspondence between Doris Lessing and anthropologist Edward T. Hall, discussing the publication of Hall's work and general matters. Includes a typed piece by Lessing on Hall for a project with the Open University, where eminent people talk about people or books who have changed the way they "see things" (item 005).

DL/A-Z//HAL/001 [from Edward T. Hall to Doris Lessing, 29/06/1992]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Edward complements Doris on her piece written for the New York Times, 26 June 1992. Discusses the "PC [Political Correctness] Movement". References their "brief encounter" at the Ornstein Conference in Cambridge.

DL/A-Z//HAL/002 [from Doris Lessing to Edward T. Hall, 15/07/1992]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Thanks Hall for his letter. Discusses the Political Correctness movement, referencing the Pied Piper. Writes that the "NYT" (New York Times) cut out her thoughts on political correctness because of "their relevance to the American scene".

DL/A-Z//HAL/003 [from Edward T. Hall to Doris Lessing, 13/08/1992]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses the Political Correctness movement in terms of his experience. Mentions 'West of the Thirties' and Leslie Marmon Silko's 'Ceremony'. Writes that he has sent Lessing a copy of his 'An Anthropology of Everyday Life'. Mentions that he is unknown in England, and therefore no English publisher "in his right mind" will publish his work.

DL/A-Z//HA;/007 [from Doris Lessing to Edward T. Hall, 23/06/1995]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses the issues with publishing Hall's work. Mentions Jonathan Clowes. Suggests "updating" the work, that some of the things Hall wrote have been "softened" by time. Mentions that she will send Jonathan Clowes Hall's biography.

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