The Place of Literature.Art is the imitation of life by means of signs, symbols and plastic objects. Literature is the imitation of life using symbols and signs to tell stories. To understand what life means we use art as a skeleton key into what has always been the greatest of mysteries and challenges. Here in … Continue reading Notes for a 21st Century Artistic Manifesto
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FRAGMENTED SOCIETIES
Feminism, Love and Identity in the Novels of Doris Lessing Authors Press, India ISBN 978 81 7273 9188 200pages My introduction to the work of Doris Lessing was when I had the misfortune at fifteen to pick up a copy of Briefing for a Descent into Hell. I read it at a sitting and, … Continue reading FRAGMENTED SOCIETIES
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