DL/A-Z//PARI - [Correspondence with Thomas Frick of the Paris Review]
Reference code
DL/A-Z//PARI
Level of description
File
Title
[Correspondence with Thomas Frick of the Paris Review]
Date/s
1987-2003
Quantity & Format
6 Letters (typescript)
3 Notes (typescript)
1 Script
3 Notes (typescript)
1 Script
Creator
Paris ReviewCreator
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Scope and content
10 items, some highlighted. Includes a copy of the script of the interview (item 008) conducted by The Paris Review, which is annotated by hand.
DL/A-Z//PARI/001 [from Thomas Frick of The Paris Review to Doris Lessing, 26/01/1987]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to propose an interview. Discusses Lessing's use of the "social/political, psychological/personal--interior voyage--fabulous/satirical--metaphysical". Writes that he views these on a continuum, connected to each other.
DL/A-Z//PARI/003 [from Doris Lessing to Thomas Frick, 12/02/1988]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Mentions the Glastonbury Romance and Powys. Asks him to remove the underlining of key words in the interview (item 008), writing that she thinks it "gives the impression of a breathless femininity".
DL/A-Z//PARI/004 [from Doris Lessing to Jeanne McCulloch, 12/02/1988]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Answers the questions sent by three notes (items 005, 006, 007) to add to the interview. Discusses science fiction, The Golden Notebook, and Afghan Relief.
DL/A-Z//PARI/001 [from Thomas Frick of The Paris Review to Doris Lessing, 26/01/1987]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to propose an interview. Discusses Lessing's use of the "social/political, psychological/personal--interior voyage--fabulous/satirical--metaphysical". Writes that he views these on a continuum, connected to each other.
DL/A-Z//PARI/003 [from Doris Lessing to Thomas Frick, 12/02/1988]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Mentions the Glastonbury Romance and Powys. Asks him to remove the underlining of key words in the interview (item 008), writing that she thinks it "gives the impression of a breathless femininity".
DL/A-Z//PARI/004 [from Doris Lessing to Jeanne McCulloch, 12/02/1988]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Answers the questions sent by three notes (items 005, 006, 007) to add to the interview. Discusses science fiction, The Golden Notebook, and Afghan Relief.
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DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit