| From the Margins of Empire: Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer Subjects: Commonwealth literature (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century; Lessing Doris May 1919– -- Political and social views; Stead Christina 1902–1983 -- Political a; Situated at the intersection of the colonial and the postcolonial, the modern and the postmodern, the novelists Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, and Nadine Gordimer all bear witness to this century's global transformations. From the Margins of Empire ... Louise Yelin is Associate Professor of Literature at Purchase College, State University of New York. |