Talk:Lawrence Durrell
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Does anyone have any more info on the Durrell school in Corfu? I visited the homepage but saw that it hasn't been updated in too long.
What is "apocolyptic" (paragraph 3 line 3)? A typo?
Seems to be nothing here on the last 41 years of Durrell's life. Can anyone help with this?
Exile 20:08, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lawrence Durrell's wife
The article says Lawrence moved to Corfu with Syblings, Mother and wife. Does any-one know why his wife is not mentioned in his younger brother's book "My family and other animals". Or is it?
No, as far as I remember Larry's wife is not mentioned. In the page http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/durrell.htm, his first ,marraige is said to occur in 1935 - 2 years after they landed at Corfu. -kg
Nancy was Lawrence's first wife, and the two lived apart from the rest of the Durrell family in Corfu. The idea of the whole family group was under one roof fit the narrative purposes of Gerry's memoirs better, and I think he thought that introducing this dynamic would have confused and made the familial soap opera completely overwhelm the other parts of the story he wanted to tell. He took some licence with chronology and so on, but overall he was fairly scrupulous and writing out Nancy is the biggest liberty that Gerry took in the book. Lawrence and Nancy were married in Bournemouth in January 1935 and left England for Corfu in March. Ben-w 04:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Landing in Corfu
So what year did the Durrell family land in Corfu? You are suggesting 1933, but most publications I've found say 1935. Also, with regard to Nancy Meyers (Lawrence Durrell's first wife), most sources say that they were married in 1935. I agree that it's strange she went unmentioned in Gerry's books (all of which are very good!). Does anyone have any idea why this may be? ~~SM
[edit] Four-letter words reference?
Thanks for the nice edits, RKlassen! Only one point: the "four -letter words ..." quote now has no reference. Was that from Dearborn? -- JimR 08:22, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! Regarding the quote, it wasn't clear to me where that came from. My guess is that it likely came from Dearborn. The later part of Durrell's life still needs some work... anyone? -- --RKlassen 23:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not appropriate to list My Family And Other Animals in the Further Reading section?
I imagine that Gerald's autobiographical books, especially those about his childhood which feature Lawrence as one of the main characters, would be of interest to Lawrence lovers. perhaps a note to warn that Gerald Durrell's descriptions of his family are not intended to be scholarly, but rather humourous. Leeborkman 02:37, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I can't see any problem with listing it -- Lawrence is probably better known for his appearance in Gerald's books than for writing his own -- but, yes, I think you're right to note that Gerald took some artistic licence. Nancy is almost entirely written out of Gerald's accounts, and it is strongly implied that Lawrence lived with the rest of the family on Corfu, although he did not. Ben-w 03:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] what about the paintings?
not exactly pressing, but in addition to all of the different writings he was a painter and exhibited in Paris under the name (James?) Ephs. this is a nice artistic outlier to illustrate his range in content, form, etc. also, the list of works is missing "Pope Joan" ("Papissa Joanna"), a sort of creative interpretation of a Greek text from around 1900 which was itself a creative interpretation of the myth/legend/history of the only female pope. this arguably not Durrell's work at all, but his ideas are indelibly impressed on the narrative. again, fairly unimportant, but in the letters/essays section you should also list "Art and Outrage" (letters with Alfred Perles), the conversations book by Ingersoll which you have the image of at the top of the page, and "The Big Supposer" (interviews with Mark Alyn). more detail than you ever wanted, i know.
66.251.26.250 12:26, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
