[ilds] in memoriam

[Pamela Francis]

Dear Durrellians--James Clawson also sent this obit from Cardinal Stritch, where Peter taught. The article gives the reader a good indication of the breadth of his interests and of his dedication to teaching. Thanks, both James Gifford and James Clawson, for the info. Our field is the poorer for his passing:

http://www.stritch.edu/uploadedFiles/Giving_to_Stritch/Alumni_Relations/StritchFall07Mag.pdf


> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:45:58 -0800
> From: odos.fanourios at gmail.com
> To: ilds at lists.uvic.ca
> Subject: [ilds] in memoriam
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> While in Louisville, Dianne Vipond shared that she'd seen an obituary 
> for Peter G. Christensen in the /PMLA/.  Peter attended and spoke at 
> many ILDS events, published extensively on Durrell, and I'm sure many 
> here will remember him for his intellectual generosity.  I was in 
> correspondence with him only a few months before his death and had not 
> realized he'd died, evidently unexpectedly from heart failure.
> 
> http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/29447314.html
> 
> Peter's academic output was enormous, and many of us have likely seen 
> his paper on Durrell and Groddeck, which appeared in /Cafe in Space/ 
> shortly before his death.  Peter's research and teaching work seems to 
> have covered nearly every aspect of world literature and cinema 
> imaginable, from courses in Soviet Silent Films and the Australian Novel 
> to Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Modernism.
> 
> Ave atque vale.
> 
> --James
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