From james.d.gifford at gmail.com Mon Apr 20 18:43:50 2015 From: james.d.gifford at gmail.com (James Gifford) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:43:50 -0700 Subject: [ilds] new article Message-ID: <5535AB56.5050506@gmail.com> Hello all, I have a new article redeveloping and extending some materials from /Personal Modernisms/ in the journal /Textual Practice/ (it actually precedes the book, but such are production schedules). The first 50 downloads are free through this link (or through Taylor & Francis if you have an institutional subscription through your library): http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/gGdrUwnqH2dyn6wbDsHt/full The only thing I wasn't able to include (only found it recently) is that Durrell wrote a tribute to Georges Henein (in French) the year after Henein's death. He claims they first started meeting in 1940 in Cairo, but this must have been 1941. It was for a collection with Arabic and French contributions edited by Louis Awad (worth noting that he solicited a contribution from Durrell). All best, James NB: yes, I know, "Georges"... Alas. -- _________________________________________ James Gifford, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English Director of the University Core School of the Humanities University College Fairleigh Dickinson University Voice: 604-648-4476 Fax: 604-648-4489 E-mail: gifford at fdu.edu Web: http://alpha.fdu.edu/~jgifford 842 Cambie Street Vancouver, BC V6B 2P6 Canada From bredwine1968 at earthlink.net Mon Apr 20 19:02:33 2015 From: bredwine1968 at earthlink.net (Bruce Redwine) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:02:33 -0700 Subject: [ilds] new article In-Reply-To: <5535AB56.5050506@gmail.com> References: <5535AB56.5050506@gmail.com> Message-ID: <37C4164C-3742-4AEB-8E18-7C2197C21B1B@earthlink.net> Thanks, James. I got it and look forward to reading your article. Bruce > On Apr 20, 2015, at 6:43 PM, James Gifford wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have a new article redeveloping and extending some materials from /Personal Modernisms/ in the journal /Textual Practice/ (it actually precedes the book, but such are production schedules). The first 50 downloads are free through this link (or through Taylor & Francis if you have an institutional subscription through your library): > > http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/gGdrUwnqH2dyn6wbDsHt/full > > The only thing I wasn't able to include (only found it recently) is that Durrell wrote a tribute to Georges Henein (in French) the year after Henein's death. He claims they first started meeting in 1940 in Cairo, but this must have been 1941. It was for a collection with Arabic and French contributions edited by Louis Awad (worth noting that he solicited a contribution from Durrell). > > All best, > James > > NB: yes, I know, "Georges"... Alas. > -- > _________________________________________ > > James Gifford, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of English > Director of the University Core > School of the Humanities > University College > Fairleigh Dickinson University > Voice: 604-648-4476 > Fax: 604-648-4489 > E-mail: gifford at fdu.edu > Web: http://alpha.fdu.edu/~jgifford > > 842 Cambie Street > Vancouver, BC V6B 2P6 > Canada > _______________________________________________ > ILDS mailing list > ILDS at lists.uvic.ca > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds From james.d.gifford at gmail.com Wed Apr 22 11:04:08 2015 From: james.d.gifford at gmail.com (James Gifford) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:04:08 -0700 Subject: [ilds] Patrick Leigh Fermor Society fundraiser In-Reply-To: <3FBC96E023D7E54AA76EE3FA0EBB4F2B36773364@ENTXCHMSGP03.PASSHE.LCL> References: <3FBC96E023D7E54AA76EE3FA0EBB4F2B36773364@ENTXCHMSGP03.PASSHE.LCL> Message-ID: <5537E298.3090005@gmail.com> Hello all, The Patrick Leigh Fermor Society is beginning fundraising for preserving Fermor's house at Kardamyli. The information sheet is attached here for any who are interested or able to help. All best, James -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PLFS fundraiser.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 2328627 bytes Desc: not available URL: From bredwine1968 at earthlink.net Sun Apr 26 11:38:09 2015 From: bredwine1968 at earthlink.net (Bruce Redwine) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:38:09 -0700 Subject: [ilds] Durrell the moviegoer Message-ID: How often did Durrell go to the movies? He was primarily a reader, but Ian McNiven reports in his biography that Durrell saw the film Lost Horizon (1937) ?three or four times? and that in Paris, during his Villa Seurat days, he ?was determined to see those [films] he had missed by living on Corfu? (p. 180). This would suggest he was a frequent moviegoer. It may also suggest he was influenced by some of them. Recall the film Judith (1965) and his involvement with the production. In ?Egyptian Moments? (1978), Durrell mentions several actors on the cast of the making of Agatha Christie?s Death on the Nile: Mia Farrow, Bette Davis, Peter Ustinov, and David Niven. I would suggest movies were more than recreation for LD. Bruce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From james.d.gifford at gmail.com Sun Apr 26 15:33:23 2015 From: james.d.gifford at gmail.com (James Gifford) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:33:23 -0700 Subject: [ilds] Durrell the moviegoer In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <553D67B3.2030202@gmail.com> Hi Bruce, I suppose the plain answer is that we don't know how often, but he certainly did see films. He complained about television, and so far as I know didn't have or didn't particularly use one. Susan MacNiven also wrote a note on Durrell and film in /Deus Loci/: MacNiven, Susan S. ?A Matinee Idyll?? /Deus Loci: The Lawrence Durrell Journal/ NS 2 (1993): 163?64. There's also Durrell's own film script for Cleopatra, which eventually became the Elizabeth Taylor feature. I think his script is unfilmable but fascinating. He notes other possible film ideas and film treatments in his mss. and a number of times refers to filmic notions for fiction (Pursewarden's "being over and over again fast enough to seem like a personality" comes to mind [paraphrased] and also references to "cuts" like film). That's about all I've got! Best, James On 2015-04-26 11:38 AM, Bruce Redwine wrote: > How often did Durrell go to the movies? He was primarily a reader, but > Ian McNiven reports in his biography that Durrell saw the film /Lost > Horizon/ (1937) ?three or four times? and that in Paris, during his > Villa Seurat days, he ?was determined to see those [films] he had missed > by living on Corfu? (p. 180). This would suggest he was a frequent > moviegoer. It may also suggest he was influenced by some of them. > Recall the film /Judith/ (1965) and his involvement with the > production. In ?Egyptian Moments? (1978), Durrell mentions several > actors on the cast of the making of Agatha Christie?s /Death on the > Nile:/ Mia Farrow, Bette Davis, Peter Ustinov, and David Niven. I > would suggest movies were more than recreation for LD. > > Bruce > > > _______________________________________________ > ILDS mailing list > ILDS at lists.uvic.ca > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds > From bredwine1968 at earthlink.net Sun Apr 26 16:32:30 2015 From: bredwine1968 at earthlink.net (Bruce Redwine) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:32:30 -0700 Subject: [ilds] Durrell the moviegoer In-Reply-To: <553D67B3.2030202@gmail.com> References: <553D67B3.2030202@gmail.com> Message-ID: <84ECAD18-5DDA-4FE5-A8E3-C75191835CF9@earthlink.net> Many thanks, James. I think a lot can be done with Durrell and the influence of film on his work and life. Digging further into MacNiven (apologies for misspelling Ian?s name before), I find that Durrell was on the board of judges for the Cannes Film Festival in 1973, that he had ?an interest in film,? and that he knew the beautiful Swedish actress Mai Zetterling (pp. 516, 600-01), who played Byron?s Venetian mistress in The Bad Lord Byron (1948). Interesting, no? Specifically, I?m intrigued by the possible influence of Michael Powell?s Black Narcissus (1946), which was based on Rumer Godden?s novel of the same name (1939). There are a lot of coincidences between the film and Durrell?s life and interests. I see similarities in Powell?s and Durrell?s imaginative gifts. Bruce > On Apr 26, 2015, at 3:33 PM, James Gifford wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > > I suppose the plain answer is that we don't know how often, but he certainly did see films. He complained about television, and so far as I know didn't have or didn't particularly use one. > > Susan MacNiven also wrote a note on Durrell and film in /Deus Loci/: > > MacNiven, Susan S. ?A Matinee Idyll?? /Deus Loci: The Lawrence Durrell Journal/ NS 2 (1993): 163?64. > > There's also Durrell's own film script for Cleopatra, which eventually became the Elizabeth Taylor feature. I think his script is unfilmable but fascinating. He notes other possible film ideas and film treatments in his mss. and a number of times refers to filmic notions for fiction (Pursewarden's "being over and over again fast enough to seem like a personality" comes to mind [paraphrased] and also references to "cuts" like film). > > That's about all I've got! > > Best, > James > > On 2015-04-26 11:38 AM, Bruce Redwine wrote: >> How often did Durrell go to the movies? He was primarily a reader, but >> Ian McNiven reports in his biography that Durrell saw the film /Lost >> Horizon/ (1937) ?three or four times? and that in Paris, during his >> Villa Seurat days, he ?was determined to see those [films] he had missed >> by living on Corfu? (p. 180). This would suggest he was a frequent >> moviegoer. It may also suggest he was influenced by some of them. >> Recall the film /Judith/ (1965) and his involvement with the >> production. In ?Egyptian Moments? (1978), Durrell mentions several >> actors on the cast of the making of Agatha Christie?s /Death on the >> Nile:/ Mia Farrow, Bette Davis, Peter Ustinov, and David Niven. 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