Doris Lessing famously takes her title from T. S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, which blends antique myths and representations of contemporary society, finally resulting in a sombre and pessimistic vision. In one of the most cited passages – which is incidentally Lessing’s epigraph as well – the poet establishes a juxtapositionContinue Reading
Doris Lessing (1919–2013) was a British-Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, and essayist, widely regarded as one of the most influential female voices of the 20th century. Born in Persia (now Iran) and raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Lessing’s early life in colonial Africa deeply shaped her political and socialContinue Reading
The Grass is Singing is a powerful psychological study of an unhappy woman and her marriage. Symbolism is one of the major literary devices by which Doris Lessing draws a picture of Rhodesian society; how badly white people treated black people during that period and tells the story of aContinue Reading
Doris Lessing’s novel The Grass is Singing is centered on the story of Mary Turner who was a victim of conflicting forces within herself, as well as victim of the male dominated society. Mary is unable to adapt to the harshness of the life she has chosen. She breaks unwrittenContinue Reading
One of the problems that Dick Turner in Dorris Lessing’s Grass is Singing has is that he does not drive his workers hard enough. Dick’s inability to get his workers in line does, according to Slatter and other successful white farmers, mean that the workers get lazy and his farmContinue Reading
The theme of racism is thoroughly explored in The Grass is Singing through the relationship between Mary Turner and their houseboy, Moses. Mary’s initial attitudes towards blacks are microcosm of the whole attitude in apartheid Africa. The white community considered natives no more important than animals, and a love affairContinue Reading
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his explorations of human sexuality, emotional health, and instinct in an era marked by strict social conventions. Born in Nottinghamshire, England, Lawrence was the son of a coal miner and a schoolteacher, a classContinue Reading
While in D. H. Lawrence’s novel Sons and Lovers the struggling relationship revolves around Paul Morel and his mother Mrs. Morel, in Women in Love the challenging relationship revolves around the four main characters Ursula, Gudrun, Rupert and Gerald. Through the writing in both of these novels it becomes possibleContinue Reading
The poem ‘Church Going’ represents the thoughts of the poet as he enters a church. He is an agnostic but accepts the importance of religion in human culture. In the poem, the speaker questions the utility of churches and hence religion in our life and also seems to make anContinue Reading
The poem ‘Church Going’ represents the thoughts of the poet as he enters a church. He is an agnostic but accepts the importance of religion in human culture. In the poem, the speaker questions the utility of churches and hence religion in our life and also seems to make anContinue Reading
