[ilds] off the wall

[Denise Tart & David Green]

Not sure I agree with there Bruce - in respect to Shakespeare at least - 
Shakespeare the King of Shadows - Oberon, Prospero? He's in there sometimes 
and he played these parts too!

As to allegory - yes and the names of course have related meaning.

David

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From: "Bruce Redwine" <bredwine1968 at earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 7:50 AM
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Cc: "Bruce Redwine" <bredwine1968 at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [ilds] off the wall

> Rony, I think that's the right question — why Balthazar?  I can't answer 
> with respect to Groddeck, but seems to me that Durrell's choices in 
> characterization often have to do with some psychological impulse or need, 
> ultimately based on some biographical reflex.  He's not like Shakespeare 
> in this regard, whose characters don't seem projections of the playwright. 
> Also, there's a lot of allegory in Durrell, and his use of personal names 
> is an aspect of that.
>
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
> On Mar 26, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Rony Alfandary wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the very illuminating piece on Durrell's concept of sexuality. 
>> one can see from his writings that he was thinking about all kinds of 
>> sexualities, his interest in psychoanalysis supports this and i think 
>> that if he was born in a different era he may have been less inhibited in 
>> trying out in practice what he tried out in fiction. but that is true for 
>> most of us, isn't it?
>> anyhow, i had this crazy notion, and this may seem off the wall , that 
>> the character of Dr Balthazar was  in fact connected to Durrell's 
>> interest in Groddeck.
>> i find it interesting that he chose Balthazar of all possible characters 
>> to present Darley with the interliner. somehow, it evoke in me Groddeck's 
>> letters to Freud where Groddeck insisted on being Freud's disciple.
>> Rony
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