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In this second volume of his study of novelist Lawrence Durrell,
Richard Pine examines Durrell's contribution to the development of
the modern novel. He concentrates in particular on the evidence of
Durrell's private notebooks and diaries in which his propensity for
Eastern philosophy underpins his lifelong determination to provide
a climax to a lifetime's writing with the creation, in "The Avignon
Quintet", of what he calls "a Tibetan novel".
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The Placebo (Paperback)
Lawrence Durrell; Edited by Richard Pine, David Roessel; Introduction by Richard Pine, David Roessel; Supplement by …
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This is a biography of the music critic and commentator,
chronicling his family's history over 300 years at Kilmacurragh in
County Wicklow (now a celebrated arboretum in the care of the
State), and his work for the Irish Times over thirty years
(1955-88). There is a comprehensive view of his Irish background,
his education in England at Rugby and Cambridge and his career in
Dublin. Beginning with the rich source material of Acton family
papers (a detailed tenant record of Kilmacurragh estate, for
example) and correspondence (to his mother and others), the book
goes on to elaborate in fascinating detail the cultural framework
of his milieu in broadcasting for RTE and in music with the Royal
Irish Academy of Music, of which he was governor and eventually
vice-president. He was one of only two critics outside Britain to
gain entry to the Critics' Circle. His was a unique voice that
helped to shape Ireland's musical culture.
This volume is a collection of Lawrence Durrell's prose writings
from his earliest years until shortly before his death. It is
illustrated with photographs, cartoons by This unique collection of
work by Lawrence Durrell brings together a vast range of
unpublished and ephemeral material spanning his entire writing
career, illustrating the diversity, candour, depth of interests and
humanity, humour, philosophical imagination and critical and
aesthetic vision of one of the twentieth century's leading poets
and novelists.Illustrated throughout with photographs, cartoons by
Lawrence and Nancy Durrell, manuscript notes by Durrell and
memorabilia, Lawrence Durrell's Endpapers and Inklings 1933-1988
provides the general reader, the specialist and the book collector
with an unprecedented insight into Durrell's creativity and
literary craftsmanship.This volume contains: "Durrell on Durrell"
(the writer's autobiographical essays); "The Artist's Eye"
(detailing Durrell's interest in the visual arts); and "Fictions",
including the unpublished The Magnetic Island and the unfinished
novel "Sappho". It also encompasses "Durrell at War" (letters and
essays relating to World War 2) and "Spirit of Place" (essays and
prefaces including a deleted chapter from Reflections on a Marine
Venus, an account of a 1949 duty trip through Tito's Yugoslavia,
and in-depth surveys of the Cyprus situation in the 1950s).
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