DL/A-Z//MOG - [Correspondence with Seth Moglen of Oxford University]

DL/A-Z//MOG

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[Correspondence with Seth Moglen of Oxford University]

1987

2 Letters (typescript)

Moglen, Seth
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

2 items, highlighted. Correspondence between Seth Moglen of Oxford University and Doris Lessing, discussing the origins of the New Left.

DL/A-Z//MOG/001 [from Seth Moglen to Doris Lessing, 12/08/1987]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Writes to discuss a conference Oxford University is organising on the origins of the New Left. References the 'New Reasoner', 'Universities' and 'Left Review'. Asks if Lessing will consider participating in the conference.

DL/A-Z//MOG/002 [from Doris Lessing to Seth Moglen, 15/08/1987]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she doesn't "see the point" in the conference, and that she doesn't want to spend time "rehashing the past", calling it a "dead past". Mentions John Saville and Edward Thompson who set up the 'New Reasoner'. Writes that 'Universities' and 'Left Review' refused to review The Golden Notebook.