[ilds] ILDS Digest, Vol 103, Issue 10

Wed Nov 18 00:45:11 PST 2015

Gulshan's article echoes the full-length study by Ravindran (Ravi) Nambiar, "Indian Metaphysics in Lawrence Durrell's Novels" (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014) - anyone read it?
RP 
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Re: An Indian View of an Indian View: Durrell?s India (sharbani banerjee(mukherjee))----------------------------------------------------------------------Message: 1Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:44:20 +0530From: Sumantra Nag To: ilds at lists.uvic.caCc: James Gifford ,	Bruce Redwine	Subject: [ilds] An Indian View of an Indian View: Durrell?s IndiaMessage-ID:	Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"http://ebc.revues.org/2477Gulshan Taneja's paper appears to be a significant, wide ranging inquiryinto Lawrence Durrell's connection with India and the continuing if latentinfluence of India on his spiritual perspective of the world. Peoplefamiliar with the work of Ian MacNiven and others mentioned in the paper,might of course be familiar with the material in this paper, which mightalso be included in existing collections of the literature on Durrell.There are some enlightening revelations, such as Durrell's wish to getJustine translated into Bengali by a prominent Bengali writer. I have oftenfelt that in the AQ at least, Durrell writes with the colour and intensityI would associate with a Bengali writer!RegardsSumantra NagSent from my Asus Zenfone-------------- next part --------------An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: ------------------------------Message: 2Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:11:50 +0530From: "sharbani banerjee(mukherjee)" To: ilds at lists.uvic.caCc: James Gifford ,	Bruce Redwine	Subject: Re: [ilds] An Indian View of an Indian View: Durrell?s IndiaMessage-ID:	Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"Durrell's Indian influence is especially marked in AQ. Carol Pierce'sarticles on Durrell's leanings towards Taoism have also hidhlighted this.Ian's Biography is also a pointer.On 17-Nov-2015 11:07 am, "Sumantra Nag"  wrote:> http://ebc.revues.org/2477>> Gulshan Taneja's paper appears to be a significant, wide ranging inquiry> into Lawrence Durrell's connection with India and the continuing if latent> influence of India on his spiritual perspective of the world. People> familiar with the work of Ian MacNiven and others mentioned in the paper,> might of course be familiar with the material in this paper, which might> also be included in existing collections of the literature on Durrell.>> There are some enlightening revelations, such as Durrell's wish to get> Justine translated into Bengali by a prominent Bengali writer. I have often> felt that in the AQ at least, Durrell writes with the colour and intensity> I would associate with a Bengali writer!>> Regards>> Sumantra Nag>> Sent from my Asus Zenfone>> _______________________________________________> ILDS mailing list> ILDS at lists.uvic.ca> https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds>>-------------- next part --------------An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: ------------------------------Message: 3Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 06:22:39 -0800From: James Gifford To: ilds at lists.uvic.caSubject: Re: [ilds] An Indian View of an Indian View: Durrell?s IndiaMessage-ID: <564B382F.4030705 at gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowedIf I might add, Ray Morrison's /A Smile in His Mind's Eye/ also extensively discusses Durrell and Taoism, as does his last article, which appeared in /Mosaic/./Pied Piper of Lovers/ is a fascinating novel. I believe Gulshan first gave the paper at one of Corinne Alexandre-Garner's conferences in Paris.All best,JamesOn 2015-11-16 11:41 PM, sharbani banerjee(mukherjee) wrote:> Durrell's Indian influence is especially marked in AQ. Carol Pierce's> articles on Durrell's leanings towards Taoism have also hidhlighted> this. Ian's Biography is also a pointer.>> On 17-Nov-2015 11:07 am, "Sumantra Nag" > wrote:>> http://ebc.revues.org/2477>> Gulshan Taneja's paper appears to be a significant, wide ranging> inquiry into Lawrence Durrell's connection with India and the> continuing if latent influence of India on his spiritual perspective> of the world. People familiar with the work of Ian MacNiven and> others mentioned in the paper, might of course be familiar with the> material in this paper, which might also be included in existing> collections of the literature on Durrell.>> There are some enlightening revelations, such as Durrell's wish to> get Justine translated into Bengali by a prominent Bengali writer. I> have often felt that in the AQ at least, Durrell writes with the> colour and intensity I would associate with a Bengali writer!>> Regards>> Sumantra Nag>> Sent from my Asus Zenfone>>> _______________________________________________> ILDS mailing list> ILDS at lists.uvic.ca > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds>------------------------------Message: 4Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:08:30 +0530From: "sharbani banerjee(mukherjee)" To: ilds at lists.uvic.ca, James Gifford Subject: Re: [ilds] An Indian View of an Indian View: Durrell?s IndiaMessage-ID:	Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"Yes, James.....you are right. Taoism always reminded Durrell of the maroonclothed Tibetan ascetics of the Himalayan hills of Darjeeling and Kurseongwhere he spent a part of his childhood and brought within him a sense ofpeace and tranquility.All the best alwaysSharbaniOn 17-Nov-2015 7:53 pm, "James Gifford"  wrote:> If I might add, Ray Morrison's /A Smile in His Mind's Eye/ also> extensively discusses Durrell and Taoism, as does his last article, which> appeared in /Mosaic/.>> /Pied Piper of Lovers/ is a fascinating novel. I believe Gulshan first> gave the paper at one of Corinne Alexandre-Garner's conferences in Paris.>> All best,> James>> On 2015-11-16 11:41 PM, sharbani banerjee(mukherjee) wrote:>>> Durrell's Indian influence is especially marked in AQ. Carol Pierce's>> articles on Durrell's leanings towards Taoism have also hidhlighted>> this. Ian's Biography is also a pointer.>>>> On 17-Nov-2015 11:07 am, "Sumantra Nag" > > wrote:>>>> http://ebc.revues.org/2477>>>> Gulshan Taneja's paper appears to be a significant, wide ranging>> inquiry into Lawrence Durrell's connection with India and the>> continuing if latent influence of India on his spiritual perspective>> of the world. People familiar with the work of Ian MacNiven and>> others mentioned in the paper, might of course be familiar with the>> material in this paper, which might also be included in existing>> collections of the literature on Durrell.>>>> There are some enlightening revelations, such as Durrell's wish to>> get Justine translated into Bengali by a prominent Bengali writer. I>> have often felt that in the AQ at least, Durrell writes with the>> colour and intensity I would associate with a Bengali writer!>>>> Regards>>>> Sumantra Nag>>>> Sent from my Asus Zenfone>>>>>> _______________________________________________>> 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>-------------- next part --------------An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: ------------------------------Subject: Digest Footer_______________________________________________ILDS mailing listILDS at lists.uvic.cahttps://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds------------------------------End of ILDS Digest, Vol 103, Issue 10*************************************
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