Lawrence Durrell's Poetry: A Rift in the Fabric of the World

by Isabelle Keller-Privat

Overview

Lawrence Durrell’s Poetry offers an in-depth analysis of Lawrence Durrell’s entire poetic opus, from his early collections in the 1940s up to his last one published in 1973. Thirty years of Durrellian poetry are brought together in order to unveil the genesis of Durrell’s writing, both poetic and fictional.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683930648
Publisher:	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Publication date:	04/13/2023
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	6.07(w) x 8.79(h) x 0.99(d)

About the Author

Isabelle Keller-Privat is senior lecturer, president of the International Lawrence Durrell Society, and co-director of the research team “Lieux Communs / Common Places” for the CAS Research Centre at the University Toulouse-Jean Jaurès.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1. A Private Country: The Poet’s Secret Cartography Chapter 2. Cities, Plains and People: Lands of Exile and Introspection Chapter 3. On Seeming to Presume: The Dream of a Secret Belonging Chapter 4. “Dreams bursting at the seams to die”: The Tree of Idleness, The Mauled Dream Chapter 5. The Ikons: Greece in the Mind’s Eye Chapter 6. The Red Limbo Lingo: “Thus words in music drown” Chapter 7. Vega: The Star of Poetry Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author