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Between East and West: Sufism in the Novels of Doris Lessing  
Author: Muge Galin
ISBN: 0791433838
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Card catalog description
Between East and West applies Sufi thought to some of Doris Lessing's novels and studies the manifestations of Sufi influence on Lessing. Various Sufi-like characters and their unconventional lifestyles are evaluated and explicated for Western readers unfamiliar with Sufism. This book also evaluates the role of spirituality in Lessing's work and considers the implications of taking Lessing's Sufism seriously when reading her works on when doing Lessing criticism. It also impresses upon the reader the degree to which Lessing is seriously offering her space-fiction utopias as plausible and even necessary alternatives to our Western ways of life.




Between East and West: Sufism in the Novels of Doris Lessing

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Between East and West applies Sufi thought to some of Doris Lessing's novels and studies the manifestations of Sufi influence on Lessing. Various Sufi-like characters and their unconventional lifestyles are evaluated and explicated for Western readers unfamiliar with Sufism. This book also evaluates the role of spirituality in Lessing's work and considers the implications of taking Lessing's Sufism seriously when reading her works on when doing Lessing criticism. It also impresses upon the reader the degree to which Lessing is seriously offering her space-fiction utopias as plausible and even necessary alternatives to our Western ways of life.

FROM THE CRITICS

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Applies Sufi thought to some of Doris Lessing's novels and studies the manifestations of Sufi influence on Lessing, analyzing Sufi-like characters in her work and explaining their lifestyles for Western readers unfamiliar with Sufism. Evaluates the role of spirituality in her work and considers the implications of taking her Sufism seriously when reading her work. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

     



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