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The Resource A smile in his mind's eye : a study of the early works of Lawrence Durrell, Ray Morrison

A smile in his mind's eye : a study of the early works of Lawrence Durrell, Ray Morrison

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Summary
  • "Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990), author of The Alexandria Quartet, was a writer with a foot in two worlds. His childhood in India and life in France and Greece provided him with an ability to absorb many traditions, all of which are evident in his work. Proficient in several forms of the written word - novels, poetry, travel writing, essays, drama - Durrell's best-known work fused Western notions of time and space with Eastern metaphysics."
  • "Very little has been written about Durrell's work before the Second World War. With A Smile in His Mind's Eye, Ray Morrison seeks to redress this neglect. While French symbolism and the writings of Remy de Gourmont and Arthur Schopenhauer were important to the development of Durrell's writing, it was his embrace of Taoism that truly illustrated a shift from a Western, patriarchal consciousness to that of an Eastern, feminine-centred one and marked Durrell's coming into his own as a writer."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (529 pages)
Contents
  • The taste of elsewhere
  • Quaint fragments and literary horizons
  • Pied piper of lovers : the boy from India and the Faun
  • Panic spring : the romance of the will and its music
  • The black book : the journey to the land 'Where God is a Yellow Man'
  • Heraldic side-effects
  • The suchness of the early Durrell
Isbn
9781281992536
Instance
Label
A smile in his mind's eye : a study of the early works of Lawrence Durrell
Title
A smile in his mind's eye
Title remainder
a study of the early works of Lawrence Durrell
Statement of responsibility
Ray Morrison
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990), author of The Alexandria Quartet, was a writer with a foot in two worlds. His childhood in India and life in France and Greece provided him with an ability to absorb many traditions, all of which are evident in his work. Proficient in several forms of the written word - novels, poetry, travel writing, essays, drama - Durrell's best-known work fused Western notions of time and space with Eastern metaphysics."
  • "Very little has been written about Durrell's work before the Second World War. With A Smile in His Mind's Eye, Ray Morrison seeks to redress this neglect. While French symbolism and the writings of Remy de Gourmont and Arthur Schopenhauer were important to the development of Durrell's writing, it was his embrace of Taoism that truly illustrated a shift from a Western, patriarchal consciousness to that of an Eastern, feminine-centred one and marked Durrell's coming into his own as a writer."--Jacket
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Morrison, Ray
Dewey number
828/.91209
Index
index present
LC call number
PR6007.U76
LC item number
Z77 2005eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Durrell, Lawrence
  • Durrell, Lawrence
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
Label
A smile in his mind's eye : a study of the early works of Lawrence Durrell, Ray Morrison
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-507) and index
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The taste of elsewhere -- Quaint fragments and literary horizons -- Pied piper of lovers : the boy from India and the Faun -- Panic spring : the romance of the will and its music -- The black book : the journey to the land 'Where God is a Yellow Man' -- Heraldic side-effects -- The suchness of the early Durrell
Control code
244768649
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (529 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781281992536
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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22573/ctt54d4x
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)244768649
Label
A smile in his mind's eye : a study of the early works of Lawrence Durrell, Ray Morrison
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-507) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The taste of elsewhere -- Quaint fragments and literary horizons -- Pied piper of lovers : the boy from India and the Faun -- Panic spring : the romance of the will and its music -- The black book : the journey to the land 'Where God is a Yellow Man' -- Heraldic side-effects -- The suchness of the early Durrell
Control code
244768649
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (529 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781281992536
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt54d4x
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)244768649

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