Doris May Lessing
Impact in
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- Contemporary Literature and Criticism
- Themes in Literature Analysis
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
- Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature
- Philosophy top 5%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
Papers in
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- Contemporary Literature and Criticism 6
- Themes in Literature Analysis 2
- Short Stories in Global Literature 2
- Poetry Analysis and Criticism 2
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies 2
Doris May Lessing
57 papers receiving 298 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 84
- Literature and Literary Theory 206
- Philosophy 67
- Anthropology 49
- Gender Studies 42
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 5
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 74 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Golden Notebook | 1962 | 92 |
| 2 | Under my skin : volume one of my autobiography, to 1949 | 1995 | 38 |
| 3 | 1993 | 28 | |
| 4 | The Four-Gated City | 1969 | 28 |
| 5 | Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949-1962 | 1997 | 25 |
| 6 | Prisons We Choose to Live Inside | 1986 | 21 |
| 7 | The Summer Before the Dark | 1973 | 20 |
| 8 | The Good Terrorist | 1985 | 20 |
| 9 | The Fifth Child | 1988 | 19 |
| 10 | A Proper Marriage | 1954 | 16 |
| 11 | The Memoirs of a Survivor | 1974 | 16 |
| 12 | Under My Skin | 1994 | 16 |
| 13 | The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, Griot and the Snow Dog | 2005 | 11 |
| 14 | A small personal voice : essays, reviews, interviews | 1975 | 10 |
| 15 | Mara and Dann: An Adventure | 1999 | 10 |
| 16 | A Small Personal Voice | 1974 | 9 |
| 17 | To Room Nineteen | 1983 | 9 |
| 18 | 1985 | 8 | |
| 19 | 1988 | 7 | |
| 20 | 1983 | 7 |
About Doris May Lessing
Doris May Lessing is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Cultural Studies, having authored 74 papers that have together received 529 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Contemporary Literature and Criticism (6 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 papers), Themes in Literature Analysis (2 papers), Short Stories in Global Literature (2 papers), Poetry Analysis and Criticism (2 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (1 paper) and Spanish Culture and Identity (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Literature and Literary Theory (206 citations), Philosophy (67 citations), Anthropology (49 citations), Gender Studies (42 citations) and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (5 citations). Frequent co-authors include Gail M. Gerhart, W. M. Hagen, Fred Halliday, Hermann Hesse, Ellen Cronan Rose, Gayle Greene, Ben Okri, M. F. Thorpe, Milán Kundera and Susan Sontag. Their work appears in journals such as Foreign Affairs, Middle East Report, Contemporary Literature, Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education and World Literature Today.
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