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acceptinggoodandevilasinevitablepartsoftheworld,whichis
acharacteristicelementofLeGuin’swriting.
30Privatelife
Accordingtosources,LeGuinwasrathertimid,keepingGherprivate
lifetoherself,shieldingherfamilyandherprivateselffromthelimelight”
(Rass67).Asawriter,sheremainedGanintrovertwhocommunicates
throughherworks,whichspringfromhersubconscious”(DeBolt14).But
onnumerousoccasionsshewaseagertogiveinterviewsinwhichshe
talkednotonlyaboutherwritings,butaboutherprivatelifeaswell.She
washappilymarried,hadthreechildrenandfourgrandchildren.She
dedicatedoneofhernovels,TheDispossessed,Gtothepartner”,indicating
herdevotiontoherhusbandandtheirmutualunderstanding.Shehadlong
livedinPortland,Oregon–indeed,since1958.Butthetruthisthatshedid
notdrawonherownlifeinherworksinanopenway.Nothingseemsto
bedirectlycopiedfromherbiography.RassclaimsthatLeGuin’sGfriends
andfamilymemberswillnotfindthemselvesinherbooks,asissooften
thecasewithfictionwriters.Althoughtheintegrationofpolaritiesemerges
asacentralthemeinherwriting,itseemsthathersisasharplydivided
worldbetweentheprivateandtheprofessional”(Rass67).Thishighlights
theauthor’sgreatimaginationandcraft.
40ClassificationofUrsulaK0LeGuin’sworks
Althoughclassifiedmostlyasafantasyandsciencefictionwriter,
UrsulaK.LeGuinwasalsowidelyknownthroughherrealisticnovelsand
storiesforchildrenandliterarycriticism.Thediversityofgenresshe
workedindemonstrateshertalentandgreatliteraryimaginationand
makesitdifficultforliterarycriticstoclassifyher.Assheherselfclaimed:
GYoushouldneverdismissanybookbecauseithappenstohavebeen
publishedwithacertainlabelonit”(LeGuininMellor8).
LeGuinwasdefinitelyamasterofsciencefictionandfantasy.
Freedmanclaimsthatifoneaskstheaboutmostprominentsciencefiction
writers,Gofallthenamesthatwouldcomeup,nonewouldbeproposed
moreoftenormoreenthusiasticallythanthatofUrsulaLeGuin”
(Introductionx).D’Ammassaaddsalso:GUrsulaK.LeGuinwrotemostly
sciencefictionduringtheearlypartofhercareer”(211),whichmight
suggestthatshenolongerfeelsgoodwritinginthatgenre.Butthematter
isnotthatobvious.Onemayeasilyobservethatoverherliterarycareer,
