CRITICISM

Brightman, Carol. “Doris Lessing: Notes of a Novelist.” Washington Post Book World (16 October 1994): 1, 14.

Brightman assesses the strengths of Under My Skin.

Burroway, Janet. “An Unfashionable Woman.” New York Times Book Review (6 November 1994): 1, 42.

Burroway argues that the two major themes shaping Under My Skin are the twin workings of memory and projection.

Innes, Charlotte. “A Life of Doing It Her Way.” Los Angeles Times (8 December 1994): E1, E8.

Innes discusses Under My Skin based on an interview with Lessing.

Leonard, John. “The African Queen.” Nation 259, no. 15 (7 November 1994): 528-36.

Leonard details the relationships between Under My Skin and Lessing's fiction.

Rose, Ellen Cronan. “Somebody—but Who?” Women's Review of Books 12, no. 6 (March 1995): 11-12.

Rose examines Under My Skin in the context of Lessing's current interpretation of such longstanding issues as her relationship with her mother, her sexuality, and her fear of becoming mired in the past.

———. “Feet of Clay.” Women's Review of Books 15, no. 2 (November 1997): 5-6.

Rose examines the role of Lessing's life experiences in her work as described in Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949-1962.

Rubenstein, Roberta. “Life and Doris Lessing.” Chicago Tribune (23 October 1994): section 14, pp. 1, 12.

Rubenstein discusses the “vivid reconstructions of decisive experiences and significant people” of Lessing's childhood in Under My Skin.

Rubin, Merle. “Author Doris Lessing Turns a Writer's Spotlight on Herself.” Christian Science Monitor 86, no. 248 (17 November 1994): 14.

Rubin notes that Under My Skin is sprinkled with provocative, often contradictory, views on such topics as abortion, sexual attraction, parent-child bonding, race relations, left-wing zealots and the colonial legacy.

Schemo, Diana Jean. “A Portrait Unwinds, as in Life.” New York Times (2 November 1994): C1, C10.

Schemo discusses Under My Skin, modern art, and autobiography based on an interview with Lessing.

Additional coverage of Lessing's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: African Writers; British Writers Supplement, Vol. 1; Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, 1960 to Present; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9-12R; Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Vol. 14; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 33, 54, 76; Contemporary British Dramatists; Contemporary Dramatists, Ed. 5; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 15, 22, 40, 94; Contemporary Novelists, Ed. 7; Contemporary Women Dramatists; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 15, 139; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, 1985; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors, Novelists; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Exploring Short Stories; Feminist Writers; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 4; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Reference Guide to English Literature, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, Ed. 4; Short Stories for Students, Vols. 1, 12; Short Story Criticism, Vol. 6; Twayne's English Authors; World Literature and Its Times, Vols. 2, 4; and World Literature Criticism Supplement.