[ilds] Bisexuality and Beyond

[Marc Piel]

Surely it has been advanced that we ALL have a bit 
of homosexuality in us? ALL!
B.R.
Marc

Le 21/03/11 22:42, Bruce Redwine a écrit :
> David,
>
> Sex will definitely sell books and get people talking, as we're doing
> now. LGD was following in the wake of Mailer's "The Time of Her Time"
> and Nabokov's Lolita. I take Durrell at his word about an "investigation
> of modern bisexuality," however. I think he thought he was doing
> something important, if not new. I would also emphasize the word
> "modern" in his program, i.e., in the sense of updating what had once
> been acceptable and commonplace. Had Martial made such a claim to his
> Latin audience, the Romans would have surely laughed at his triteness.
>
> I'm beginning to think Durrell was, at some level, a suppressed homosexual.
>
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:56 PM, "Denise Tart & David Green"
> <dtart at bigpond.net.au <mailto:dtart at bigpond.net.au>> wrote:
>
>> Durrell sometimes engages in this activity, prankish or not, which may
>> make him unacceptable to some in the gay community.
>> Bruce, and others,
>> Considering his intention to write 'upper class porn' LGD's
>> 'exploration of modern love' and consequent embrace of the five sexes,
>> as it were, was clearly intended to shock, or at least be
>> controversial. at the time of writing, given the prevailing morality
>> of the time (late 50s), the quartet could have been banned. certainly
>> it was considered risque in my country. Actually I dont think the
>> censors got it so it went through to the keeper (or backstop as you
>> Americans might say) and a craze for Justine bloomed amongst the smart
>> set.
>> As to Durrell's own sexuality, despite the sometimes charge of
>> misogyny (which may stem from suppressed homosexuality), he comes
>> across biographically speaking as very much the hard drinking hetero.
>> in his own texts, especially the more personal narratives, there is a
>> clear affection for certain male characters but I detect nothing of
>> the homo eroticism that one finds say, in Robert Dessaix who is as
>> camp as a row of frilly tents, to coin a phrase, and doesn't mind you
>> knowing it.
>> David
>>
>> *From:* Bruce Redwine <mailto:bredwine1968 at earthlink.net>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 22, 2011 5:20 AM
>> *To:* <mailto:ilds at lists.uvic.ca>ilds at lists.uvic.ca
>> <mailto:ilds at lists.uvic.ca>
>> *Cc:* Bruce Redwine <mailto:bredwine1968 at earthlink.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: [ilds] Bisexuality and Beyond
>>
>> Anne,
>>
>> I tend to disagree with Joseph Boone about Durrell having negative
>> views towards Lesbians. The quip below I would treat as one
>> character's off-color humor and not as the view of M. Durrell himself,
>> obviously. The full characterization of Livia, however, is another
>> matter, and since I haven't gone beyond /Monsieur /(a novel I've read
>> twice and still can't hold in memory), I can't comment. Maybe someone
>> else can and elaborate.
>>
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