Lawrence Durrell: Comprehending the WholeJulius Rowan Raper, Melody L. Enscore, Paige Matthey Bynum Lawrence Durrell excelled in a great variety of genres: poetry, drama, travel books, humorous writings, translations, critical essays, philosophical essays, character sketches, and, above all, genre- and culture-transforming experimental novels. In keeping with Durrell's multifaceted career and the centrality of his experiments, the essays in this collection use a variety of literary approaches to the diversity of Durrell's contributions to literature, illuminating four major dimensions of Durrell's writing. |
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... experience is proved and fearing that it is not . Darley , still the traditional scholar , knows that things change . But he believes that by the magic of research and writing he can forestall further change — that the fact of encasing ...
... experience is proved and fearing that it is not . Darley , still the traditional scholar , knows that things change . But he believes that by the magic of research and writing he can forestall further change — that the fact of encasing ...
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... experience ; he is not yet ready to be pronounced a professor and publisher of truth . Let us dance back a step and consider all this from another point of view , that of the reader of the first two volumes . We have been offered , in ...
... experience ; he is not yet ready to be pronounced a professor and publisher of truth . Let us dance back a step and consider all this from another point of view , that of the reader of the first two volumes . We have been offered , in ...
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... experience it is to experience overwhelm- ing joy.3 Let us begin with Durrell's description of the minus side of our striving — the fact that both Oriental and Occidental philosophy characteristically aim at " the ONE . " Our ...
... experience it is to experience overwhelm- ing joy.3 Let us begin with Durrell's description of the minus side of our striving — the fact that both Oriental and Occidental philosophy characteristically aim at " the ONE . " Our ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
UrDurrell | 11 |
Durrells Three Early Novels | 22 |
Copyright | |
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A Smile in His Mind's Eye: A Study of the Early Works of Lawrence Durrell Ray Morrison Limited preview - 2005 |