"Born Out of My Ownself': (Re)claiming the self in Doris Lessing's "Under My Skin Volume 1, 1919-1949"

This paper seeks to explore how self-identity is (re)constructed through the narrative act of autobiography in Doris Lessing’s Under My Skin, Volume 1, 1919-1949 (1995). The paper argues that the authentic self is born in the process of narrative writing and that the self coexists with other selves...

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Main Author: Javangwe, Tasiyana D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis (Routledge) 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1015
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