From odos.fanourios at gmail.com Mon May 12 21:56:58 2008 From: odos.fanourios at gmail.com (James Gifford) Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 22:56:58 -0600 Subject: [ilds] T.S. Eliot & Internationalism CFP Message-ID: <48291F9A.8070201@gmail.com> I thought some people here may be interested in this... -------- PEER SEMINAR: ELIOT AND INTERNATIONALISM The 29th Annual Meeting of the T. S. Eliot Society St. Louis, September 26-28, 2008 The Eliot Society's annual seminar will be led by David Ayers (Univ. of Kent) and Michael Coyle (Colgate Univ.), founding president of the MSA. The idea of internationalism points to the process of overcoming national boundaries, whether geographic, psychological, cultural or simply linguistic. Eliot sensed that international connections, like national traditions, can be achieved only by great labor. Nations are not transparent to each other. We invite papers that consider how thinking of Eliot in an international context opens up his work in new ways. The topic is deliberately open, as we hope that papers will takes us in unanticipated directions, but areas that would seem to be immediately pertinent might include Eliot's response to European politics in the interwar years, Eliot in translation, the nature of Eliot's participation in American journals after establishing himself in Britain, intertexuality and interculturality. We mean for this list to be suggestive rather than prescriptive. The seminar is open to the first 15 registrants; registration will close July 1st. Participants will submit 4-5 page position papers by e-mail, no later than September 1st. To sign up, or for answers to questions, please email Jayme Stayer (jayme.stayer at gmail.com). For further information, please see the Society's website (http://www.luc.edu/eliot). *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* CALL FOR PAPERS The 29th Annual Meeting of the T. S. Eliot Society September 26-28, 2008 The Society invites proposals for papers to be presented at the annual meeting in St. Louis. Clearly organized proposals of about 500 words, on any topic reasonably related to Eliot, along with biographical sketches, should be forwarded by June 15, 2008, to the President, William Harmon, 2330 Bedford St., Apt. 18, Durham, NC, 27707; or preferably by email to wharmon03 at mindspring.com. For further information, please see the Society's website (http://www.luc.edu/eliot). From Fraser.Wilson at eht.nhs.uk Tue May 13 04:06:27 2008 From: Fraser.Wilson at eht.nhs.uk (Wilson, Fraser) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:06:27 +0100 Subject: [ilds] "East" of Athens Message-ID: <00E9F536678A4D40AF93C5F161F00DA1F52BBA@eht-mail01p.xeht.nhs.uk> Gifford, Eric East of Athens London. The Travel Bookclub. 1939 I was skimming through after unwrapping and look who I bumped into on Corfu ! "One of the first people we met was a young writer who lived with his wife in an isolated village on the other side of the bay. Their house was inaccessible by road during rainy weather, and when it was stormy was inaccessible altogether, but they did not seem to mind. He had persuaded his mother to come out, bringing with her his sister and two younger brothers. These all lived in a big rambling house about a mile or so from us. Larry was short, blond and excitable. His favourite author was Rabelais, and his conversation was modelled, obviously, on that of Panurge, with sometimes startling results in mixed company. His wife was tall and slender, with handsome cats' eyes. Being an ex-Slade student, she wore her straight, fair hair cut a la Trilby. As her husband once remarked to me: "You've no idea what an arty-arty little bitch Nancy was until I knocked her into shape." Larry was blessed, or cursed as you will, with an excess of temperament; which was, presumably, the cause of our falling out. We parted one night the best of friends, and met two days later to find that we weren't on speaking terms. I made one or two attempts to solve the mystery, but never succeeded. Although we continued to remain on the best of terms with the rest of the family, I only saw Larry once more before I left Corfu. On this occasion I was visiting with a friend of his, another aspiring author, when he walked in. We did not exchange a word, but both sat, trying to look dignified, and carrying on mutually independent conversations with George. I was highly amused but determined not to show it. As for George, sitting muffled up in the Albanian sheepskin coat and the skull cap he wore in the cold weather, he put on an extra special version of his usual sardonic expression. Stroking the beard with which he attempted to conceal a youthful chin, he nobly bore the brunt of the two conversations as Larry and I played the game of sitting one another out. A game which I eventually won." Touch? ! Do we see here a portrait of our artist as a young man in the grip of affectation? Gifford himself seems to have taken few prisoners. Witness his treatment of Rebecca West on page 21; "I remember admiring her eyes, and her sense of humour. Lamenting too, the rather ugly mouth, which spoils what might have been a beautiful, as well as an interesting face." Ouch Best wishes Fraser -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.uvic.ca/pipermail/ilds/attachments/20080513/33b37a22/attachment.html From bredwine1968 at earthlink.net Tue May 13 09:58:46 2008 From: bredwine1968 at earthlink.net (Bruce Redwine) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:58:46 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [ilds] East of Athens Message-ID: <14248327.1210697927491.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rubis.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Thanks for providing another view. This is not the conventional or authorized portrait of Durrell on Corfu. Bruce -----Original Message----- >From: "Wilson, Fraser" >Sent: May 13, 2008 4:06 AM >To: ilds at lists.uvic.ca >Subject: [ilds] "East" of Athens > >Gifford, Eric > >East of Athens > >London. The Travel Bookclub. 1939 > > > >I was skimming through after unwrapping and look who I bumped into on Corfu ! > > > >"One of the first people we met was a young writer who lived with his wife in an isolated village on the other side of the bay. Their house was inaccessible by road during rainy weather, and when it was stormy was inaccessible altogether, but they did not seem to mind. He had persuaded his mother to come out, bringing with her his sister and two younger brothers. These all lived in a big rambling house about a mile or so from us. > > > >Larry was short, blond and excitable. His favourite author was Rabelais, and his conversation was modelled, obviously, on that of Panurge, with sometimes startling results in mixed company. His wife was tall and slender, with handsome cats' eyes. Being an ex-Slade student, she wore her straight, fair hair cut a la Trilby. As her husband once remarked to me: "You've no idea what an arty-arty little bitch Nancy was until I knocked her into shape." > > > >Larry was blessed, or cursed as you will, with an excess of temperament; which was, presumably, the cause of our falling out. We parted one night the best of friends, and met two days later to find that we weren't on speaking terms. I made one or two attempts to solve the mystery, but never succeeded. Although we continued to remain on the best of terms with the rest of the family, I only saw Larry once more before I left Corfu. > > > >On this occasion I was visiting with a friend of his, another aspiring author, when he walked in. We did not exchange a word, but both sat, trying to look dignified, and carrying on mutually independent conversations with George. I was highly amused but determined not to show it. As for George, sitting muffled up in the Albanian sheepskin coat and the skull cap he wore in the cold weather, he put on an extra special version of his usual sardonic expression. Stroking the beard with which he attempted to conceal a youthful chin, he nobly bore the brunt of the two conversations as Larry and I played the game of sitting one another out. A game which I eventually won." > > > >Touch? ! > > > >Do we see here a portrait of our artist as a young man in the grip of affectation? > > > >Gifford himself seems to have taken few prisoners. Witness his treatment of Rebecca West on page 21; > > > >"I remember admiring her eyes, and her sense of humour. Lamenting too, the rather ugly mouth, which spoils what might have > >been a beautiful, as well as an interesting face." > > > >Ouch > > > >Best wishes > > > >Fraser > > > From bredwine1968 at earthlink.net Tue May 13 10:40:45 2008 From: bredwine1968 at earthlink.net (Bruce Redwine) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:40:45 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [ilds] Durrell quote Message-ID: <14752782.1210700445605.JavaMail.root@elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net> The following quote appeared in a travel brochure put out by Purdue University. Where is it from? "The whole Mediterranean, the sculpture, the palm, the gold beads, the bearded heroes, the wine, the ideas, the ships, the moonlight, the winged gorgons, the bronze men, the philosophers ---all of it seems to rise in the sour pungent taste of these black olives between the teeth. A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water." ~Lawrence Durrell, British novelist, poet, dramatist and travel writer From minakakisl at gmail.com Tue May 13 19:32:01 2008 From: minakakisl at gmail.com (Lou Minakakis) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 22:32:01 -0400 Subject: [ilds] Durrell quote In-Reply-To: <14752782.1210700445605.JavaMail.root@elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <14752782.1210700445605.JavaMail.root@elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <8fe1f68d0805131932n3883a6eexf81f8652c16edb28@mail.gmail.com> Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corcyra (Corfu) - page 96, Dutton, [c1960] On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Bruce Redwine wrote: > The following quote appeared in a travel brochure put out by Purdue > University. Where is it from? > > > "The whole Mediterranean, the sculpture, the palm, the gold beads, the > bearded heroes, the wine, the ideas, the ships, the moonlight, the winged > gorgons, the bronze men, the philosophers ---all of it seems to rise in the > sour pungent taste of these black olives between the teeth. A taste older > than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water." > > ~Lawrence Durrell, British novelist, poet, dramatist and travel writer > > > _______________________________________________ > ILDS mailing list > ILDS at lists.uvic.ca > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.uvic.ca/pipermail/ilds/attachments/20080513/29e5ccbd/attachment.html From dtart at bigpond.net.au Wed May 14 23:54:04 2008 From: dtart at bigpond.net.au (Denise Tart & David Green) Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 16:54:04 +1000 Subject: [ilds] Australian Durrell Society Message-ID: <009001c8b658$77608290$0201a8c0@MumandDad> The Australian Durrell Society held its inaugeral meeting last night in the members lounge bar of the NSW Art Gallery. Over two bottles of Cabernet Merlot, a mission statement was written and a plan implemented. The Australian Durrell Society will meet monthly at a convivial Sydney establishement, The Australian Hotel, and plans to hold a convention in November. This is late spring in the southern hemisphere and is a good time to visit the Great South Land. Accomodation in Australia's premier Megaloposis can be surprisingly cheap and harbour views are easily available from several key centres. The beaches are fab, the beer, wine and food excellent - and you dont get meal portions that no sane person could eat at one sitting. David. Denise Tart & David Green 16 William Street, Marrickville NSW 2204 +61 2 9564 6165 0412 707 625 dtart at bigpond.net.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.uvic.ca/pipermail/ilds/attachments/20080515/6d93577c/attachment.html From marcpiel at interdesign.fr Fri May 16 04:35:32 2008 From: marcpiel at interdesign.fr (Marc Piel) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 13:35:32 +0200 Subject: [ilds] Australian Durrell Society In-Reply-To: <009001c8b658$77608290$0201a8c0@MumandDad> References: <009001c8b658$77608290$0201a8c0@MumandDad> Message-ID: <482D7184.90509@interdesign.fr> Congratulations and good Drinkthinking!!! Marc Piel Denise Tart & David Green a ?crit : > The Australian Durrell Society held its inaugeral meeting last night in > the members lounge bar of the NSW Art Gallery. Over two bottles of > Cabernet Merlot, a mission statement was written and a plan implemented. > The Australian Durrell Society will meet monthly at a convivial Sydney > establishement, The Australian Hotel, and plans to hold a convention in > November. This is late spring in the southern hemisphere and is a good > time to visit the Great South Land. Accomodation in Australia's premier > Megaloposis can be surprisingly cheap and harbour views are easily > available from several key centres. The beaches are fab, the beer, wine > and food excellent - and you dont get meal portions that no sane person > could eat at one sitting. > > David. > > > Denise Tart & David Green > 16 William Street, Marrickville NSW 2204 > > +61 2 9564 6165 > 0412 707 625 > dtart at bigpond.net.au > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ILDS mailing list > ILDS at lists.uvic.ca > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds From bredwine1968 at earthlink.net Fri May 16 06:31:41 2008 From: bredwine1968 at earthlink.net (Bruce Redwine) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 06:31:41 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [ilds] Australian Durrell Society Message-ID: <27069365.1210944701570.JavaMail.root@elwamui-chisos.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Congratulations and best wishes. Larry would be honored. Bruce -----Original Message----- >From: Denise Tart & David Green >Sent: May 14, 2008 11:54 PM >To: Durrel >Subject: [ilds] Australian Durrell Society > >The Australian Durrell Society held its inaugeral meeting last night in the members lounge bar of the NSW Art Gallery. Over two bottles of Cabernet Merlot, a mission statement was written and a plan implemented. The Australian Durrell Society will meet monthly at a convivial Sydney establishement, The Australian Hotel, and plans to hold a convention in November. This is late spring in the southern hemisphere and is a good time to visit the Great South Land. Accomodation in Australia's premier Megaloposis can be surprisingly cheap and harbour views are easily available from several key centres. The beaches are fab, the beer, wine and food excellent - and you dont get meal portions that no sane person could eat at one sitting. > >David. > > >Denise Tart & David Green >16 William Street, Marrickville NSW 2204 > >+61 2 9564 6165 >0412 707 625 >dtart at bigpond.net.au