DL/A-Z//WATS - [Correspondence with Garry Watson of University of Alberta]

DL/A-Z//WATS

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[Correspondence with Garry Watson of University of Alberta]

1996

2 Letters (typescript)

Watson, Garry
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

2 items, highlighted. Correspondence between Garry Watson of the University of Alberta and Doris Lessing, regarding D.H. Lawrence.

DL/A-Z//WATS/001 [from Garry Watson to Doris Lessing, 08/03/1996]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that he is co-editing a book of essays on D.H. Lawrence, organised around the theme of 'otherness'. Asks for Lessing to respond and "describe what Lawrence has meant and means to you as a writer".

DL/A-Z//WATS/002 [from Doris Lessing to Garry Watson, 25/03/1996]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that Lawrence was "a very great influence on my generation". References Lady Chatterley's Lover, and that the "trouble with Lawrence is that he knew nothing about sex, but a lot about love". In regard to 'otherness', Lessing writes that "he talked the most appalling rot about dark forces". Discusses the "vividness and immediacy" of his writing. References Women in Love and Sons and Lovers.