[ilds] Durrell and Biography

[Denise Tart & David Green]

"A man writes in order to know himself, and thus get rid of self 
eventually."  Like Chatwin and de Man, Durrell had a few things to expunge 
or expiate.

My dear Bruce, whatever can you mean? I thought it was all about sex!

David

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From: "Bruce Redwine" <bredwine1968 at earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 6:02 AM
To: "Durrell list" <ilds at lists.uvic.ca>
Cc: "Bruce Redwine" <bredwine1968 at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [ilds] Durrell and Biography

> Rony,
>
> Dunno about Otto Rank.  But I have great interest in the relationship 
> between Durrell's art and his life — which I find very complicated.  I see 
> a big gap between the two and am reminded of controversial figures like 
> Bruce Chatwin and Paul de Man.  Near the end of his Big Sur book, Henry 
> Miller writes, "A man writes in order to know himself, and thus get rid of 
> self eventually."  Like Chatwin and de Man, Durrell had a few things to 
> expunge or expiate.
>
>
> Bruce
>
>
>