ICR NO. 36 - PROBLEMS, MYTHS AND STORIES

Doris Lessing

Octagon Press, London

In the present-day West, stories are often regarded as mere entertainment. In other times and other places we find a different view: stories provide instruction for the young and are part of a general education, often conveying what cannot be conveyed by other means. Here is a huge treasure-house of literature which has helped to make us what we are. This is one of several selected monographs presented by the Institute for Cultural Research (London).