From james.d.gifford at gmail.com Mon Nov 14 00:08:44 2011 From: james.d.gifford at gmail.com (James Gifford) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:08:44 -0800 Subject: [ilds] palimpsest In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4EC0CC8C.1090504@gmail.com> Dear Tiberio, I hope some of these (below) are a help, and I'm glad to hear the vampires have cavities -- perhaps you'll be fortunate enough to find they wear dentures these days... I suspect that Carol Peirce's work would be of the most interest. You'll also find that the palimpsest is discussed passim in most major studies of Durrell's works, though that's not particularly helpful to point to. The notion of the palimpsest has been discussed on the listerv before in relation to the composition of the Quartet itself as well as in relation to the return and rewriting that occurs in the narrative of the novel. Is there a particular approach you have in mind or that you're considering? I think you'll find there's a good deal of interest in the topic. Best, James ps: do you have access to an academic library or database account from where you are? --------- Boccia, Michael. "The Novel as Palimpsest: The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell." /Form as Content and Rhetoric in the Modern Novel/. New York: Peter Lang, 1989. 149-169. Gifford, James. "The Corfiot Landscape and Lawrence Durrell?s Pilgrimage: The Colonial Palimpsest in ?Oil for the Saint; Return to Corfu'." /In-between: Essays and Studies in Literary Criticism/ 11.2 (2002): 181-196. Peirce, Carol. "'Wrinkled Deep in Time': The Alexandria Quartet as Many-Layered Palimpsest." /Twentieth Century Literature: A Scholarly and Critical Journal/ 33.4 (1987): 485-498. Zahlan, Anne Ricketson. "City as Carnival, Narrative as Palimpsest: Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet." /Journal of Narrative Technique/ 18.1 (1988): 34-46. --------- On 13/11/11 11:01 PM, tib pas wrote: > Good morning, the good news, at least as far as i'm concerned, is > that i am about to embark on what i hope will be a meaningful > discussion of the palimpsest in the AQ. the bad news is that most of > my scholarly books and notes have been left behind in the States and > that at this point my home port is in the middle of nowhere, > specifically a gothic noplaceville in spooky Transylvania, where > vampires are in need of dental work, not to mention scholarly > material for LD-related work. The libraries in the capital are not > any more bounteous in this respect either. So my question to the LD > community is: would you be aware of significant scholarly work on the > palimpsest in Durrell? Articles in journals? Goes w/o saying i've > been through the ILDS online bibliography but with hardly any luck. > > i will appreciate any suggestion. > > > thank you. > > > tiberio z. paskuy > > From james.d.gifford at gmail.com Mon Nov 14 08:47:54 2011 From: james.d.gifford at gmail.com (James Gifford) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:47:54 -0800 Subject: [ilds] Recollected passage; Durrell? In-Reply-To: <94B18F18BF859846A11A82A6166B6C420209053E92F3@UCMAILBE2.ad.uc.edu> References: <1321080605.65395.YahooMailClassic@web180002.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>, <4EBED214.1090608@gmail.com> <94B18F18BF859846A11A82A6166B6C420209053E92F3@UCMAILBE2.ad.uc.edu> Message-ID: <4EC1463A.6010206@gmail.com> Wasn't the hydroplane in the scene where Darley and Keats go fishing in Spain while Nick, Justine, and Gatsby are late arriving? It must be something about the green light in the duckshoot that brings out a glow from the haze made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine... What's your most memorable scene, Bill? -Jamie On 13/11/11 2:21 PM, Godshalk, William (godshawl) wrote: > There's a hydroplane in the AQ -- which may or may not be a boat. Gatsby says he has one, and asks Nick to go out with him. > > Bill > > > W. L. Godshalk * > Department of English * * > University of Cincinnati* * Stellar Disorder * > OH 45221-0069 * * > ________________________________________ > From: ilds-bounces at lists.uvic.ca [ilds-bounces at lists.uvic.ca] On Behalf Of James Gifford [james.d.gifford at gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 3:07 PM > To: ilds at lists.uvic.ca; pieterwiest at att.net > Subject: Re: [ilds] Recollected passage; Durrell? > > Hi Pieter, > > I think this must be drawn in from another text. Sometimes I find > different works blurring together, like one phrase from a song turning > into another... > > I can't think of any motorboats in the Quartet, though the various > pieces are there: a boat, and island, couples with spouses, peculiar > facing scenes. Pitch in a mirror or harpoon, and the effect would be > complete! > > Best, > James > > On 11/11/11 10:50 PM, PIETER WIEST wrote: >> Hello: >> >> Many years ago I was struck by the writer's good sense in that his >> handling of a scene involving two lovers, I believe on an island, was so >> unique, yet stamped with such seeming authenticity. These lovers knew >> their time together was to be brief as the husband of one was known to >> be approaching the island by motorboat. In their final moments together, >> they faced each other on opposing chairs or divans, and each >> masturbated. This is my recollection, anyway. >> >> I thought it must have been Durrell, in the Quartet, but on rereading >> the books, lo, the scene was not there. >> >> Am I wrong about what I had read as a young man, or is it a matter, >> perhaps, of expurgation? >> >> Pieter Wiest >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ILDS mailing list >> ILDS at lists.uvic.ca >> https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds > _______________________________________________ > ILDS mailing list > ILDS at lists.uvic.ca > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds