The Explicator· 2026Q2
Disruptive landscapes and the limits of rationality in Doris Lessing’s “to Room nineteen” (1963)
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Doris Lessing's "To Room Nineteen" (1963) depicts the self-destruction of Susan Rawlings, a wife and mother whose seemingly perfect life unravels due to internal and external disruptive landscapes.
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Key points
- The story focuses on Susan Rawlings, a wife and mother undergoing self-destruction.
- Susan's life is presented as outwardly exemplary before her breakdown.
- Internal and external disruptive landscapes contribute to her unraveling.
- The narrative questions the boundaries of rational understanding in human psychology.
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Abstract
First published in A Man and Two Women (1963), Doris Lessing’s “To Room Nineteen” traces the gradual self-destruction of Susan Rawlings, a middle-aged wife and mother whose seemingly exemplary marr...
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Field: Literature and Literary Theory
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