Doris Lessing - A Life Behind the Scenes: The Files of the British Intelligence Service Mi5

ISBN-13: 9781800791831 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 160 str.

Peter Raina

Opis

Raina's book, reproducing the secret files kept on Lessing, is a unique insight into her political life. She was eventually disillusioned by communism, seeking a better understanding of human relations than Soviet-conforming clichés. Her understanding was much enriched by the experiences of her activism and knowledge of the opposition it aroused.

Spis treści

Contents: Background to the Files - Why Doris Lessing Became a Communist - The Communist Party of Great Britain - MI5 - The British Security Service - Secret Service Files - The Files on Doris Lessing (chronological) - Early Security Interest - Heightened Interest and the Authors' World Peace Delegation - Visit to «Central Africa» and the Aftermath - Parting with the Communist Party and the Waning of Security Interest - Epilogue - Doris Lessing as Writer.

O autorze

Peter Raina read Modern History at St Catherine´s College, Oxford. Later he worked on various aspects of British history in Oxford, as Senior Research Associate, the Graduate Centre, Balliol College; Honorary Member of High Table and Member of the Senior Common Room, Christ Church; Associate Member of Nuffield College; Honorary Member of the Senior Common Room, Magdalen College; Visiting Research Scholar, Faculty of History. He has also been a Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Studies, London; the Centre of International Studies, Cambridge University; and the Centre for International Studies, LSE. He was granted High Table Privileges at Peterhouse and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He is a Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge and a Knight Companion Grand Cross of the Order of St Stanislas.