Durrell and the City
Collected Essays on Place
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European
| Author: | Donald P. Kaczvinsky | ISBN: | 9781611474541 |
| Publisher: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press | Publication: | December 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Donald P. Kaczvinsky |
| ISBN: | 9781611474541 |
| Publisher: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |
| Publication: | December 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |
| Language: | English |
Durrell and the City commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Alexandria Quartet with a collection of fourteen new essays by a group of international scholars and critics. The collection provides a critical consideration of Durrell's urban landscapes, from the London of his early novels to Avignon during World War II in his last great series, while focusing on the place that made him famous—the city of Alexandria—in order to provide a reassessment of his career and achievement.
Durrell and the City commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Alexandria Quartet with a collection of fourteen new essays by a group of international scholars and critics. The collection provides a critical consideration of Durrell's urban landscapes, from the London of his early novels to Avignon during World War II in his last great series, while focusing on the place that made him famous—the city of Alexandria—in order to provide a reassessment of his career and achievement.
