DL/A-Z//RUS DO - [Correspondence with Dora Russell]

DL/A-Z//RUS DO

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[Correspondence with Dora Russell]

1976, 1977, 1986

8 Letters (typescript)
1 Article

Russell, Dora,
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

9 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Dora Russell and Doris Lessing, regarding political issues and discussions on motherhood and childrearing. Includes an article by Lessing on Russell's The Tamarisk Tree (item 003).

Items 001 and 006 are embargoed for data protection reasons.

DL/A-Z//RUS DO/002 [from Dora Russell to Doris Lessing, 09/05/1976]

Letter, 1 leaf recto and verso, typed.
Discusses Freud in relation to parenting and childhood. Writes on Lessing's belief that "the human race will go on destroying itself". References Humanist: The History of Childhood by Lloyd de Mause. Discusses the differences between men and women in regard to raising a child.

DL/A-Z//RUS DO/004 [from Dora Russell to Doris Lessing, 01/05/1977]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses Lessing's article on The Tamarisk Tree (item 003). References the book Hope Abandoned.

DLA-Z//RUS DO/007 [from Doris Lessing to Dora Russell, 07/04/1986]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Discusses politics and "left and right wing reactions" to The Good Terrorist. Mentions how the Soviet Union "seeks world domination". Discusses the term "reactionary" that has been "slapped" on her.