DL/A-Z//WEINH - [Correspondence with Christina Weinhold]

DL/A-Z//WEINH

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[Correspondence with Christina Weinhold]

1976

2 Letters (typescript)

Weinhold, Christina
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

2 items, highlighted. Correspondence between Christina Weinhold and Doris Lessing, regarding questions about her African themed novels.

DL/A-Z//WEINH/001 [from Christina Weinhold to Doris Lessing, 20/04/1976]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Mentions that she is writing a thesis on Lessing's literary works with African backgrounds. Asks a list of questions, including questions about book reviews, communism in Southern Rhodesia, Tom Maschler, Lessing's first husband, and the middle class.

DL/A-Z//WEINH/002 [from Doris Lessing to Christina Weinhold, 27/04/1976]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Discussers the answers to Weinhold's questions. Mentions that Weinhold shouldn't use the term "Middle class" in reference to Southern Rhodesia, and that instead "the place should be regarded rather in terms of its racial structures".