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FRANK KERSNOb]SKI

TI'f PRESID€T.TTIs Cg.t-lf\!

0 l ' n e e t i : r q l a s t s n r i n n a t S n i r t h e r n I i l i n o i s'Jn ive:s i ty at Carbondale once again i l " luminatedihe var i .e ty and beauty of Lawrence Durre l l 'swr i t inq as o ld d iscussions vrere conl inued ar lC-,c . . , ^ i6c l - r€nr .n T am n i t r ^qFd f r l l i ;p l -nmg lO the

Laul rer i re Durre l l Socie ly those cf yru i ' rhc beganyour assr :c iat ian vr i th us a l 0n Mirac ie Ground V.A : t h i s i ime , I a i so recoqn i ze tne e f f c r l s o fthe past of f icers: Nancy Leur is , who J-ef t ear lyes Fresident when she urent lcr S'ureoen I GregDickson, who made so much of the dai ly ex is tencen f t h o i r r , . i p i r r n n q c ' i h l o n ' , r i n e t h o f n ' r r r ; o : r c h , p' Y " ' v ' " - J '

r1 /as Secretary/Treasurer ; and, of c . r l j lse, cu lbe-love'i former Vice-Fresident, who ncw gets tcwri 'te lhis coluinr. for ihe next iv' lc years.

t woulC i^ ike to coni lnue to inc lude nstes arrdi i , l h i f c n f f r a v c l ! . . i ^ : . - ^ r . . . - - i - ' p T p q 1 - i n r l

, U l i l l \ t d l I U I U U U 1 : r L L r e J L r , ' s

to Durre l l ians. Please send me arry in fcrmat ionyou wculd l ike me tc inc lude. (Depart rnent af

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Sar.: Antcri io, f exa$ 78284; teJ-ephcne: 512-7J6-75]L.) My cr :1umn jn lhe last fep+l l had ther ec ipe I ca- l l Chicken Curry in t n t Marrner ofi r i i r r ' - n . F f I r r r e l l : i ^ r - r V q p r v e d i h i c W h g n It - " * - J

v is i ted h im in Ncvember ]9E7. Anv new nembers

oi Lhe Sccie*-y orhc woui-d l i .ke th is rec ipe cangei it either from me or f rom Susan Maci.l i"ven.Tn:s Cish, ' , r i t ! - . enough Rn6ne wine, makes a goodrnea l t c have r ; hen ce leb r ' a t i ng La l r y ' s c i r l naav ,27 Februaiy.

Du r reL l : . s oa r t i cu la r i y f cnd u f i c t , sp j cydishes. so I '11 lnc lude one mote I had wi lh h im.SroiL sausaqe, tve: c i rarcual or j .n the oven, anCse lve i l w i rh ch i l i peppe f p : s te ' a i t h ga r i i c 'wnich can be icund in 0r ienia l for :d s tores"| ; . i r r v q F l v p r i a l ; r l i n : l i r q a ' t p c i m r I e r t o t h a iL s r r J '

sold i.n ltali.an markets. Frei'rch bread and Rh0newine c.:mpl eted Lr-re rneai. i-hough he usr-;aliy hascheese and pat6 on the table*-and the evern r o c e n f e n i I r ' r , p n n p r n a c t p , i n r ' i f r e n r t p n i l v

those l i t t le sour p ick les. Bcth t .he chicken andsausage are good fa i i and wir t fer i reais .

I f you s t r ve t f r ese d i shes to ce leo ra teDurre l l 's b i r th , you shculd be able io celebrateds we l l . - ; . i l i : a i ac t i v i t y among the Soc ie i ynem'5el s- - i f : f 'e pepers f rcm the meet inq 1nCerhnn r j a l o : r ' p * i ens , - , f ' n r r : r ^ x i n n rnn r r , . i q . l n j e cCc p p m f r - . l ' r p p n f p r i n , - r ^ , 1 p r i n r l n f r ' r i f i r ' i s , l r n a d e

for Durre l l " l '1o s ingle schooL is d i rn inant ,though many, i ind in Durre l i a note that a lscr ings in t .nemselves, which is whal shculd -he fora u r r i t e i w h o w a n l s h i s r e a d e r s t o r e a c lthernseives in h is works.

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JENNIFER LEOI\ARD

FF[}{ T}E VIG*RESIENT:IIPRTSSI(}\6 (F (lG v

The n igh t be fo re t he c0n fe i : ence L rega r ro f i i c i a l l y , D u r r e l l i a n s w e r e l l e a t e d t o arecept ion and exhib i t in the Speci"a l Col lect jonsn p n e r f m p n t n f M n r r i s i i h r a r v . u r h i c h n r r n t a i n S a nt r v r r r ! , s v l ,

ex tensive archive of Dulre l " ] rnaier ia- l cover ingtne years j .9 l i t -s L97A. The l :eccpi - icr v ' rashosted by David Koch, Curato i , anC 9,re i ley Cox,Rare Books L.ibrarian. Ttre exhibit v' las i irclusiveann i n - r r en ih l - n a q r r r n l i c ' i n i ' r ex i c r r i . n i ven t hei imi la t ions of t i .e space invcJ-ved. Shel iey Coxh . . l - r r 6 ^ d - i r r - F X r + ^ € a i ^ i ^ , ; I I ? - , m i vl r o u o l l d r g E t . l ? I ' r J i C d L U l r l a ' j r : : : \ l f ! , L u t r r f A

t h e D u r r e i l n ' r a l e i i a l i r o m n c t e b o c k s ,manusc r i p t s , l e l t e l s , a r : d pa in l i ngs i n such ah/ay that the exhib i ts icok cn some oi lhev i vac i t y c f Du r re l l i r imse l f . r ne pa inL i ngsg.towed 'nith rich colcr' anC ttre l '4e c1iterraneans ty ie t , vp i ca l o f ! u r re l l - . ' [ r€ j o r t - ; 1n t i nnotebooks conveyed the rough and tumbie o ir l i q c 2 r r { t r . i r h T a q F q : n c { u r n l d q e m n n n : h o ' r n l e l - fq e r P , , q L i r s s l u f u u r' -he genur ine i feuJe. The r ro ienoc< drawinqsrpvpn lpc i t he r l i n r cc5 fg ;19 O f t ne C iea i iVe CUI fen tin tc another o i iension; the le t ters conveyeo theirmediacy of lhe thoughts as they poured out inresponse to ideas and situatiens of friends andco l l eagues .

The conference itself rruas something l ike as f e e n l e a h e q F - n r n p r h e n c f ; " r p m n r p a n n r n n r i a i es H P r v H r f s u v

enalogy wouid be to a f i lm o l the par t ic ipantsrun at a somewhat higher speed ihan that eford inary l i fe . Seen f rom a d is tance o i a mi leabove the M iss i ss ipp i Rcom o f t he S tuden iCenter . the oar l ic ioants and thei r audienceprobably looked l ike a yJonderfu l s ingle cel lc rea tu re w i t h a f asc ina t i ng repe r to i re o fprotean changes, never twice the same yet a iwaysone .

n f n t ' t l F h ^ ^ F 6 - o n f e f i n n q e q o m i n r r n € h i n F rv I q r r L r r c P l g ) F - , - * - - - , . * , - - - . , , - , . s - u | | r l g r I

sensibil i ty l as the one entj.t led "DtrrreJ.l Amongthe h lomen , r ra t i t l e wh i ch mus t su re l y havedel ighted Durre l l u , rhen he learned of i t . Thesect jon was eximiously moderated by Lyn CcIcman,who t l r tove together the f ine i rvorks o l AnnAshworth, Candace Fer t i le , anJ Ki rani Begum. I tuvas pleasing to hear such perceptive women talkabout the vriomen iltho come to life in the works ofDurre l I .

The conference concluciecj with a banquet atlhe lcdge i r Giant Ci ty State Park, and afest ive banquet i t was. The wine f lowecj as lhe

volume of vo ices rose to ever increasing heightsof ccnv j-viatity " l,r le were treated to an addressby Richard Pine, "Ourre l l Among the Moderns. ' l0utside in lhe night the deer that had watchedour bus naviEale the h i i ls ides near the lodgesl ipped throuq; i r the t rees.

GREGORY DICKSO|.J

qffGOI}G $CFETARV,/1RgA5INER I S REPORT

Minutes al ihe meeting of The l-avrlence DurrelLSoc ie t v o f l 5 Ao r i l l 9BB l

presiCent Frank Kersnowsk-i called the meet.ingto order in the Thebes Room at SouLhern lL l ino isU n i v e r s i t 5 ' a t C a r D o n d a l e a t l : O O P . M .

The President ca l led o i Laur . rence lnJ, Mar}<er ilo iepcr i fcr lhe Society 's l ' , lominat ion Commit lee(Lee Lemo, : , 3usan Vande r C l csLe r , and h layne ) l ncanC ida tes l o r Soc - i e t y o f f i ce rs " l t de rke r t .of fered the fo i lowj .nq i rames:

Frank Kersnciruski fcr President.,Jennj" fer Lecrnard for Vice-Pies idenE, andJames I ' l ic lc ls to be assis ted by Paige Mat they

Bynum for Secretary/Treasuier .The Presideni asked fcr nominations from thef l n n r f r i r a n r r n f f h e n n s i f i n n c Q i n n ^ + ^ ^ - ^| 4 u u r a ' t J ! t t c p u J L u l u r r j ! J r ' r L E L I I E I E

were none, and s ince t / ' j i l l iam Godshalk s ta lecthat he l iked Soviet Union- type e lect ions, thePresidenl mcved thal the Society vete on theCommit teers nominees. The mot ion was seccnoei ,and the nominees trvere elected by acclamation.

Tne President ca l led on Creg DicNson for theQ c r r o t e r r r , / T r r : ! q r r T p r l q r e n n r f n n S n n i e t r ru q r ' / ' i a P v r u

f inances. Dickson repor ted that the Sr :c iety l 'ad$8l7. tB j ,n j - ts account p i -us approximale ly $60.00in uncashed membership cheeks that he vvould lurnover to the neul Secretary,/Treasurer. Dicksoncontempl"ated stat ing, but never d id, that he wascons i de r i ng spend ing $ f . 25 o f t he Scc ie t y ' sfunds for a Budweiser in ] :he St" Louis a i rpcr i .

The President. called on James Nichois tr:d iscuss the s i le of lhe next In ternat ionalLavvrence Durre l l Confe ience. Nichols af feredthe fac i l l t les of Cecrgia Southern Col lege andr l c n m e n i i n n p d i h t r r ^ ^ ^ : ' : r : r ^ a ^ - ^ - n a r F n f c- . , J U > S j U I J I L y U l d l ' U 5 v q r L p ' J

exhib i t there. The President moved that NichoLsc h a i r a c o m m i l t e e t o r r v o r k o n t h e n e x lccnference. The moticn v,Jas seccnded and passedby acclarnat,ion.

The President. called on MichaeL Cartwrighl iorepo r t f o r t he Soc ie t y ' s Pub l i ca t i on Boa rd .

Cf r ' Jv i : !g i t t r .+1 leo cn Gre- . - ; D i :kson, ed i i - ; r c f t .heP r n . - s a r t i r r : c - r t h q T n i r i F n n i e r - . . n p . f g f ap rog ress repo r t . D i ckson s ta t , ed tha l l helr_cqggilnqs had been rnoving aiong well unii i hisl,:rnp,-iter and ciisks irre:e s+"olen, anC he pra3sedthe burder -nf edilcrship bact< to lfre co$nitiee .M i c h a e i C a r t w r i g h t a n d L y n G o l d n a n b c l nvciunteered lo col lec l i ,he rnanuscr ipts f rom Inatcoqference pendirg tne nanrirrg cl a ne'r.r cffrciaied i i c r ,

L y ; - ) G o L d m a n n r a d e t i r e s u g g e s L i o n t h a tcnainpagne shrrul,d be avaiiabl-e at ai1 fulureq 1 , ^ j e f v m p c t i n n s . A l . i r - , O U C h l ' t : . e i e t e i v e g

'^ - 'o l - tn i s i dea . s r re neve i r tadeJ l I C i r l i l r U U ) d i J U ! U V d I | ( r i ( . i r 5 i L e a r r ' ' E , ! E

a formal molian anc lheref)rre it i ,qas neitherse: i : l rdec.ror vo ied upon, p; rcbably because no^ A - 6 ^ . ^ ^ ^ , . - . ^ , , ^ i ' . , n l e r f f i - . i < m e o t i n . - r! i r o l ' l p d U : r ; ! l d > d Y d f f q u ! u u L

M i c h a e l C a r l w r i g h l t h e n c a i i e d c n l a i ' rM a c N i v e n f c r a i r r c g : e s s i e p o r i . o n i h elios:giiryq of lhe fourrh Confeience. Macil iveris ta ieC ihat apprc,x i rnale ly rhrse r j f ihs of thepape rs f rom that conf erer ,ce wl , r id ne p:Jc l ;s :eJr , / F l r . k i t r l i i I n i v e r q i f v P r . ' c c i < . e h r . n L e d i t g J, r , r . : J a L J

b5, ri1g1r.-1 Eegnal , and that the lemairri.ng paperswould be pul l ished in Deus L-oci . ed. ted byl.1acl'{ iven.

0u tgo ing Sec re ta ry , ' T reasu re i D i c l<son r r {as3c;.E to propose trrat |tr layne Giet.zkir be rnade annonorar) ' re f i ]ber c f the scaiety, bui - ; j nr .e on jvi *c , ceople xnew who the hei l he w; ,s ' ,a j K ing: i r n r t I l r t r P r a c i r 1 p - - - - , t i . : n e l '- * - - - . : - d u J u u l l r c u : r l c l r r E i ,

l : 4 5 .

JAi'€S R" NICHOLS

SECFITARY/IREASIAER ! 5 REFORT

T r e m r . m h p r , - i v i n n ^ ! h i ^ r ^ q r - ^ * ^ ^ D i C k S O n: i . e I ' u , r r u ( - l 9 r v r I q U p U t ' I ) J U U L L u r C V

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done under lhe most t ry ing c i r 'curnstarrces, Creg,I and all of us in the Si:cieiy yrairi tc thankycLr . I l rs been a p leas 'ure to nrork wi th ycu andto have yau t ivork ing for us. I t wl l - l be an equaipJ,eas'..: ie to corit inue both t!-ie Frcfessianal andA ^ - - ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ - ^ ^ i - t - i ^ -pE ! ru r , q r . i c ) uu rqLau , , s wh i cn you have Sha rgd ' r ' J i t h

so nany o f us . Thanks , G :eo . i e t ' - . s r : e eachclher in '90 at Georgia Souiherr-r . i knr:r,,r ana . :n i i j . cen t ba r w j , t n h lgh s t . . ; o1 : , ' ; r : ea t bee r .and f i ne w ine . And , oh yas , I gua ran lee

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you. I f you i , !3nt, to rene'r! :1otir rnembecsnio,$ ] r i te t l me " Dues a ie $7 " 50 fo r a .Jne-years ing le , r€i ;n r? r lh i jp . anC $10.00 fo r a cne-yeardcr :b le nemr f t rsh i0 : yc r ; i r iay s i ln uP ic r one, t r ; t ,t h r t r t r r n v n r r m i , F T n f v e t r c ( l l p r s F m a k e C h e C i Sg ] ' f 9 ! ' 9 1 ' J i v l | i L . - & v l J v v l J \ H r v v ! , v l i r J l \

n : y e h l p : t r T f , p : a w r F . c . , D r : - r e l l 9 , r n i e i v ) . S i n C es u t J v r u

the Execut ; i ve S{ te rd i : t s l i l i l rg about ra is i . . rcdr . res in the near fu tu re , ] ^ene!4J- -o r beg in - *yo t l rmernnerSi iC . i t : : . : Olf l I r ,rr r i- i .-p Rcrnplr1r,:gf t .hatur r i ih renroe :sh ip you rece ive the , lg ig lS , De! :

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ennr :a l mepf inaq nrrn l lg ln ia l conferences.I stj i l lrave copies of lhe tfq.qQglfgg cf OMG

i ianly a fLr! ' ' i of these) and of 0i, ic iI for saleat $10 eacfr" ldoncy irom sell-ir(i i f-rese u'; i1i"c l r r l i r n r t f r r f . ' i r c r - r ' , h l i ca l i . ons .

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to whom Ne exiefid an Heraidic ldelcome:

Paige Mattney l3;vnum;938 St . Maikrs Roai lDurhaii i, hr:r-rh Carciina 277Ai(phone : 9 L?-t+93-1882J

Edmurc.i i(eeieyPr incetcn Univers i tyCreal ive t .Jr i i ing Prograini85 f iassau Si ieetPrincefon, New Jersey 08544(pl-rcne : 6A9 ̂,a52- 41 I?")

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Steshanie A. Mocre5540 Taft- AvenueCakland, [a ] i forn ia 946i8( phone: 415-658-7 179)

Ricfiard Pine17 S l . S tephen rs GreenDubl in 2, I reJ.and

Sura Rali-lDeF, t . o f Engl ishLcuis iana State Uni .vers i tv8515 Yc, ; ree Dr ive5hrevenort , Lr lu is iana 71115(phoqe t J iB-797-5759)

SUSAN S. MaCNIVEN

$.1 MIRA[:-E GRnhO V: A ffitrEF REruT

A l i h n r r n h w e m i q q c d n r r ' r - F r i n ; : ' " , ; . c i - r i i a + i D n

s ince Lawience Durre l l could not t ravel toCarbor ,oai -e: . D, . r r :e l l ians enjoyeo a st imulat ingccnfe ience a i Scuthern l l i lno- i .s U, i ivers i tyr 14tc l7 April J"938. I 'Je,J4i and fairri i iar faces beqana n n n r p n r t i ^ n i n f h p H n l i d a r i T n i r r n . k t r i l l r , r r n n o- ' Y -

la te ThursCay af te inocn, arrc i by the end o ld i n n p r i - h o r n n i n l i l v n f n : r i i r l n a ; l < h i e l etogether , +,a}<: .ng ond t ipp l ing.

Thursday eveninE found us at a recect- ion inl J n r r i c i i h r a r r i ' s Q n e n i a l f . n l l p r t i n n c r t u h F T p

ihere was an excelfent exhibit frorn ihe DurrellA rch i ve . Osca r Ep fs ' pa i r t i ngs g :ee ted us upcnen te r i ng , aod Dur re l l books , dus t j acke ts ,manuscr ipts , notebooks, le t ters, record jackels,n h n f n s f i I I c d t h e , l i < n l : v . ? c c q . R a r t B c o k sH ' v w v J

L i b r a : i a n S h e l l e y C c x g a v e a h i o n C e r f u l l yinformative and hlimororis talk about lhe DurieiiA r n h i v p : S h r = l I p v h a d A l r e n n c d t h p e x h i b i l a n Chaci wr i t ten the s lunning accompanl i ing cata iog:rrAs luater :n!p langlaoe. i-l,owj.n!t.:': "Ilq lgllelqq_Durrel.L Bgper s _gt _9qqthern I i i in! i s _U' : ive !s i i--yi ] a r h n n d a l o { c p e r r R i h l i l r n l ' r i l l , s , ! h e - l f ' r f c r

" r .d" t i rg in format ion) . The t .DS is g ieat ly

indebted to SheJ" ley (who a lsc at tenCed lhe^ ^ ^ f ^ r ^ ^ A ^ - ^ - - . i ^ ^ ^ a n / e r i r i c f i m r r , r i n e r n c n t i y oU U I i l C I C I L C J q b ) I U l i 5 q , ' u u u u L u , ' : q r i r v i J s r L L P L * Y v

observat ions) , David Koctr , Curalcr c f Specia lC c l l e c t i o n s , a n d t h e i r s i a f f f o r t n i sfasc inat ing imrners ion in Durre i l iana.

r re meet ings Fr iday and Sair r rcay-- f rcm b A. i l .lo 5 P. M. - - ' ' l lere a tour de f orce. Spsakers,panel is ts , and moderators numbered :n i r iy-n ine.0f thsss, s ix teen had nol at t ,ended a Durre l l

conference befcre. Also new tc OMG gat t - .er i r rgsl,nlere Grove Kcger (whose work on LD bibiiographyhas appeared in Deqs- Loqi and is included inth is newsLei ier fcr the f i rs t t ine) f rom Idahcand Don Lang fo rC f rom 0h i c v \ j ho came asenthusiast ic speciators. I t seemed ihere wasmL, ' | ch more d i scuss i cn , much mo ie aud ienceoa r t i c i oa t i cn d i r r i no t h i s nee t i no t han the re hadbeen at prev ious conferences. Ideas r j "cocheteCaround t i re Miss iss ippi River Room and of tenr . o l I j i e r : w i i h I a r , n l - f e ' a c n p r i : l ' t v u r ' r t h 3 i 1 lGcdshalk 's geysers of mir th. I leave i t lo JackRaper lo coi iect a l l the p ieces o- c t "c , 'sm ar i r lcommentary lhat were offered aboi.rl the varicusaspec ts o f Du r i e l i ' s wo l k " Ass i s ted by Pa igeMat they Bynum and MeLody Ensco re , Jack i so d i l - i n c l - n e P r n n e o d i n n c f n r l ' l M f i \ /

Addi t ionai act iv i t ies on Fr l "day inc ludec ther-DS busi .ness meet i , r rg af ter lunch, a cockla i l^ ^ r + . . - + - I ^ . - ^ . \ f a l 1 . , ^ a i + A + a m r * i z c r r o r d i n np d l L y d L U I U > t r r J I U d y r d l r u d u r d l l r d L r 4 q u ! c n u i r r V

o f excer : t : From Slr lnho af ter d inner- Tami Spiy( c f t h e S i U C o n r m u n i c a t i o n s a n d T h e a t r eDepartment) , i r jear ing a lcng b lack d iess and anaustere expression, pro jected a Sapoho at oncel/| jarmfV human and charged with tragic Erandeur.

In the ser t . ing sun of SaturCay a bus r idethrough the r , joods of Gianl Ci ly Slate Parkbrought us to t-he looge where the banqttet washeld, Richar l P ine, i , r rhose book rhe--Dandv-andihe *Heiai-d.: f'4annel',9,_ U_f,Ad __e!!___U!.lg!9 irqqBrurn le] l _ to Dr: r reI l had jusr- been p ib l ishec,came f rom Dubl in (Ei . re) for the conference andnAVp An e f f e r ' - r l i nne r c r r pP t ' h f hn t t ^ lAq a dg f lY q v e

combinat ion o l humor and ser ious ins ights. l i l i lhus that even-i-ng rruas Bealrice Mogre, wife of thel a l o i - ] r - - r r T V . ^ r F p : r l v e l i f i n : n r l l n = r f l r ' j n na q L E l l q + - j t L u ! 4 ]

c f Durre l i a id the peison largely resDonsiLr jefcr nr inging the DLir le l l Arcnive to Sl l . i .

D u r i n g t h e t . r a d i t i c n a l S u n d a y m c r n i n gbreakfast ide viewed the f i lm Sti}le ISgg-in(nm i ) roc . RPnprn , ,nn mi | | a r tuTcnr ' t r Or r r rp l I - a r ' r l

t hus a lmos t had LD w i th us j - n pe rson ' S ipp ing. h " m n a ! - n F n f f p r n p r f l c . n r e d p c l e r e n | M G V Au , u v r t Y e t v v t

success. Richard Pelerson of the 5ii..t EngJ-ishDepartment , who coordinated the conference' arrdMar ie Mal inauskas of the Div is ion of Corr l inu i 'g. F r { r r n r f i n n r . r h n n r n a n i z p r l i h e ' l n n i c f r ^ - h - ;L U ' J u q v l v r l r u r q o l ' f . u u l v g r J t r L ) t r r q u

a r r a n g e c j i h i n g s ' r l e l l : ' $ l e h a d h a d f i n earcommodat ions at Sl l l and good bus t rans;r r tbetween SIUiGian"u Ci* .y Lcdge and Lhe l ' lo i ldaylnn ' -a l l had gone ve ry smco th i y . ' , { e f e i trechaiged by tne excl rsngg of ideas, and He hrerehappy at having seen olcl fr iends and having metmore people in teres led in Ourre lL. Michael

Cartwr j .glr l cl . ' f ; : :sc ir i bt i i ru ir-r i l tG acic j_ct- arjdwoncJered ho$r nany besides hinrself had beer toa l l f i " r , , e c c n f e l e n c e s . S e v e n o t h e r s : i a y!3 r lg ra , l , . G ieE l l ckson, hayne i " la rker t , Ian &Srsan Macl.r iven, .) im Nir-;hol-s. arrd Carcl Pe j , lce "* h i : r o n r , i r o . t c r m o f : . } t T j f . , a n l , - l - n a r i , t i F c r I t a n . , ,

c t i r e . : : L n S m e m b e r s s e e m t c b e r r e c€s s d i V-ngrec i *n tS ic r a J - i r re l1 Conferer rCe. BrcokePeir l : , i4i<e Begrral , }on Bi.xier, j r :hn i-enzi,I ' lancy i et l i is , Ra1, plort ' tat" , Dave Russeii . Si iaionSpen.-rtf , naili,y *cL!r-1ir!ack-*peopre urir have crrre tle>lpecL tc t-urn up ei t- i)ese ccnferences and r,rhonrure look fc rwa id lo see inq- -c t i sappc i r ted us L :yn c l a o 0 e c : i n g . i n C a r r c r , l a l e . d e : r o D e : D s e ethem, a j1 i - rc :e whc c ic a i tend Ol ' ,C V, c theri rc ld r r faqes , anC many n t , . . l i l nes a t Gecrg iaS n l f h P i n f n l ' e n e ' n C . J r i I t 9 9 f .

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Pres iden i : F rank Kersnowsk iV i :e -Fres ic ien t : Jenn i fe r Leona idi . i r t r i ; - u / : r p z q r r - c r : J A n g S 1 " \ i . _ h c l S

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EnscJr? a :e e l i t i rg the l r rceed i r , , t s f o r O l , l c v ,the conferei ice at Southern i l l inois Universi l_vin l9BB. I f you have ques t ions concern ing i -h isn r n i c n f . n n f r r i . ' l e n ( a t t n p D e n a : t m e n t o fEngiisir, CB# 1i2D, Greeniaw Hall , The Univeisj-tyaf North Carol ir .ra at Chapel l- t i i i , Chape] Hil l ,Nor th Caro l ina 27599-3528.

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i r a n k K e r s n o w s k i , J i m N i c h o l s , P e t e rf -h r i s tF ' r .6 r . e r rJ n i l . l Gods i -a lk ne l0 a n in i -S r c i e t y m e e t i n g a t I n e M o d e r n L a n g L a J eA s s o c i a t i c n C c n v e n t i o n i n N e u i 0 r l e a n s i nDecember. The meeting ulas contini led by Frank'. ' l i r n . n r r n F i i I I a i : A n t . r : ' - - ' - , - F o - o h . \ , ^ ' , n S U m e Cv r i l , : q , u J t r r i

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in S ta lesboro , Georg ia . l ' nere v r i l - -L be anexhibi-+"ioi-r of paint ings by 0scar Epf s ' and AnnaLll i ics is helping Jim arrange lhj-s. I f yot ' l ownan Epf-e/Durrel l paint i .ng and are wil ' l ing ic loani i to Gecrgla 5or:t irern , please wll le Anna ai1250 Ho l ly r idge Tra i l , l ' ' l a i l l and , F lc r ida 32151.I f y o u k n o v , l p e o p l e w h o o u ! n E p f s / D u r r e I lpaint ings and would agree to iend lhern' oleasesenc their names tc Anna so she can contactthem.

In mid-March . ' l im ' CaroJ Pe l ice , and Jant lacNi ve ! r met i r S ta tesb : ro ro r a p lann in3sessi irrr. Tlre Ca11 fol Papers is noul out. I fyou have not received ir", or i f voLl r^l ish extracop ies tc send to p rospec t - i ve par i i c ipants ,, r i r i t e i i m a t t l " e D e p t . o f E n g l i s h a n dP h i i c s o \ p h y , C e c r g i a S o u t h e r n C o l l e g e 'q fa tpcrnrn . Gcnr . r ia 3Cl \6 t , .v u ( r e u J g v + v r

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ln a worid ulhere the recognii ion of ironyshould be trea' ied as a high achievementr lhefai lure cf ihe Lawrence Durrel l Archive to sel ia l SoLheby 's se t aga ins t the re lease over thelas t year o f no less than lh ree maior Dur re l l " -relate. i bo:ks is nalginal-. ly curious.

T h e A r c h i v e v l a s b o u g h t i n a t S o t h e b y ' sauc t ion on 21 Ju Iy l98B a t b20 '000 ' no b id be i r 'gr i fe reC. The gene ia l fee l ing $Jas tha t thecata log , ie es t imate o f b60-80,000 was too h igh 'anc i th is ce ie i red i i ke ly buyers . I sense 'never the less , tha l the s t i r r ings are underwayfoi vrhat, in the next- few years, r l i1l develcpi n ! o a c o n s i c i e r a b l e c r i l i c a l d i s c u s s i o n c fDur re l l ' s u rorK. These s t l r r ings and recentreviews of T! 'e Qulr-ef-1:M11ler Letlers' t2 'taken toge iher w i th The Av iqnon- !u - ln !g ! ,suggesL i .ha t there is ava i lab le in Du i re l f ' soeuvre su f f i c ien t iongev l - ty o f express ion tospan the generations and to revive the ini-ensirycf atten+.ion to a level similar to that of lhe'5Cs and '60s when, , ln pop l la r te rms, c r i t i ca linteresi in Durrel l was at ir-s zenith in iheafter.nath of praise for The Alexalor.i'1jl'rarlgl.i t is not. surprising that in those same popuj 'alte i rns in te res t see f i rs to have wa ined. TheQ u i n i e t e x p J . c r e s n e h , g r o u n d b o t h i n i t smetaphys ics and in i t s cons+" luc t i cno s t rangeter r i to ry fo r Dur re l l ' s p redominant ly midd1e-Drow readersh ip , par t i cu la r ly as those readersare accustonred lo niEh-plof i ie authors whosecredentials are establ" ished not so much by themerit of their writ ing as by the exlent of rnediaexposure to which the authors aie preBared iosubmi t t f iemse lves . For a td r i te r $Jno v 'Jasr e c e n t i y d e s c r i b e d D y F l q a ! q : l u l a q a z - i n e a s

" l 'e ln i te du Card" eno who does no t these daysthrust himseli intc the media l imel ' ight ' i - t isn n t c , r r r r r i < i n n t l r e t n n n , , l n r i r , t F t e c t f l a n s -

J U I H ! I J L ' ! P U P V I U I

Tnose ecademic c r i t - i cs who l i ke to ca tegor ise

theildri lers are faced with e diler'nma. How coycu iieal Erj-th an aur*hor whi:, for exar-np1e, withinone 265 -page nove i has e twen t i e th -cen tu ryEgypt ian pr ince crcss Europe in a hoise-d iawnc a r r i a g e , u n d e r t a k e a g r a t u i . t o u s v i s i t t cRiquiqui 's brctneL ($r f - ,ere, inc i r ier ta l j .y , the^ ^ - e i ^ ^ . - i ^ ^ r - 1 - ^ \ - , n n n _ . - - n i - _ 1 ^ F _ i ^ . : r , €a ru s r l f , c V E a > ) L U a C r t , / , d i l U U I 9 a i l i 5 t s d i l " . p _ _ _ * , * , .spree in i.he shadow ol a Roman aquedr..rct; yet whchas a character cecl-aim: "l-he hunan Fjycfre isa l - ^ - + i . . f l - l + ^ r . ,a . ; - r i lusr Inr l_nrre ly vai rous--s0 vai icus t ,hat i tran aflord to be coniiadJ.ctory everr as regarCs

_: . fse l f " (L i lLe, Faber, L978, p. 3t - )? Or whoequates the denunciat iorr qf lhe Templars anC the:1. ;bseqtent inquls i t icn (seen as an invest igat i t_rr :i-nto por,";er and the whereebor.:. i- ls cf tfre Temolarr,reasures , raLl-]er f.nan a genuir:e neresy ) ' ,, l i tnt .ne "maier ia l . is t f , ;nera l t f i_ i .v inc [ furopeanlmafrtr iL*i-yjg, p. L62) , a cjeath f rori l uuhich ouiculture has not yet rercvered and shows r.ro :ignsol so dolng? Cr whc st.ates that, the ojci rrrcrid"dj,ed in 1832, with the death cf Cletne; t. l-re cl,Cworid cf nurnanism and liberalisrn and faith

fcr he was the last universai { r tan 0 i iheR e n a i s s a n c e i l i i l , l . : e , p " l ! 9 ) ? 1 J , . . : r r e l l ' sd idact ic j .sr i i is at once supremely, cof f i ic anduncanni ly ser ious. As ts lanford te l_ ls i_ i l ' ia inthe dream he has whil-e in the Aneiican Hcspi.ual.in Neui l ly af ter being knccked down by a iax j :"AI l " th is rn louid be r is ib ]e i f i t were not scsel ious a rnat ter" ( 'b ]_y iC-, p. 197) . Convent iqnalacaciemia, or;e nrusl ccncluijc, does not j ike j"nihe f ina l count fo i lhe reader tc iaugh.

Dur re l l ' s s ta tus i n F : : ance i s re l l ec ted byl - , is being f ealureo 1n tne j : enth orr , i , ;g1sr1yissue o I Fiqqrc-Maqazjl le. Aicng ,rqjth JaneBirk in and Lesnard Cr:herr , he is cne o i s ixcelebr i t ies selected because ' t l ls onl chois i dev i v re en F rance r ' (No . 448 , ZZ 0c tobe r f gBB) .His repulat icn : in Franee is fur ther boine oL^. i l bya mcst handsome product ion iast November (19g7)of An Ir.!Sh FaUglLs in Lyon. i-e Th66tre oesCelest ine in France's seccnd c i ty is no p last - icend g lass s iuCio i .hea+,re f ,u t a largc i ; rposingbuiJ,d ing o l Baroque prcpcr t rons, where f renchclassical drama woul-d be wel i a t home. Thev e r s i c n p e r f o r m e d l l l a s b a s e d o n t h e L 9 7 htransla l ion by Jacques Templ ,e; the d i rector ' , r rasJean-Paui Lucet. Regret",ao1y, t-ire ai:te$rpt tornake lhe p lay wear c lass ical cJ.c th ing i l j_ su i tedi l , The set was o l ten dramat ic and i i "naqinat ive,b,-tt lhis faiLed to prever.lt the aclion ol+"endr i f t ing towards the r id icu lcus as: fsr exainpJ.e,when leai f lames shot out c f what Lqoked l ike acommercia.l. incineratcr dur:,ng Faustr_.rs's descent.

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to tne f : i .ery i re l l Lrhere t -he r inE musi . bedestroys3. At l ' re ar+, , by being over d iamat ic ,f n e n r o r J r ; n t i n n m i c r p d f h e i n f i m e r , . r a l . l n n a t r \ / . , f

bcth Faustusrs sel f -d iscovery and the paradox o li t i s a o p a r e n l o v e r c o r r i n i l a f M e p h i s t , : .Neverrhe- less, t -c see the p lay en. jcvec by a fuI lhouse was a i i i"easure indeec.

Readers ltho have bougni- a copy cf L_gw1g1g9?ur tgl 1: LS t- t eL-< l-q_ Jgaq [a ncheLlq-1258:,1 95J(pJbLishei i by Far-chet te, Pal ' is : Edi t icns TwcC i l i es ETC, i 988 , pape rback , FF . I l c , / b i 0 .50 /$20and FF,3OA/* t . /$50 f r r the soecia l coFies s iEnedby LD and JF; avaiJable f rorn Edi t ions TwoCir- ies, l I Chaussde de 1a Muel teo 75015 Pai is)w i i l have found j t 3 r r :mu : , i r g p iece o f ephene lanc1- wit.hout irs ci-: l iosit ies. The editcri.al r..Jorkis qui rky, la i t ic ' lJar l -y as many of the le t tersa re p r i n ted o i . L c f da te o rde r . I f ycu a re no tsure what Farchet te locks 1 ike, he is t i re tnewho lealu ies in e ig l t c f the n ine p i io ics i .n thebcck; Lawrence Durreii is tne one L"rhD appear's ina l I t he r i - n i r c ! ! f l np r ^ , ^ - r 1 i n . . i - - 4n fO r t he:specis l edi t icr ' is re iksned c, l be a b i t p : ice,vgiven - that i I o . f lers just . t f .e crCinary edl t icr :u;ith lhe signatur'es of Fanchetre and Durrell onthe f ront end-oaler .

More ser icus edi tor ia i a t , tent icn has lLeerg iv en i n lle_Qurel I -M+*1 el-_L€ller s, _J9-l 5-8Q .Si.nce most readers wil l have their ol^ln copies by,ncw , I r,tr i l l siniply f lag it in t-his collrmn.

Space a l lows me but . passing reference to abeaccn cn the hor izcn of Dr . . r r re l l cr i t ic ism; TfrqDqndt and _ tte !le{ql!! i Manlqrs, Mild_anQ!_MoIal sllory lgummell lg Durrq]l (1988) rry Richard Pine( E n g l a n C : M a c m i l l a n P r e s s , h c u n d m i i i s .Ba : i nqs t cke , Han rpsh i re ,qG2 f 2 ) i 5 - -b27 .5C ; r J .S . :S i - . Mar t rn rs P ress , 175 F j f t h Avenue , New York ,N.Y, f0010--$29"95)" " i be l " ieve the r l rc lk and

the o l 'c iook o i Henry Mi" l ier , AnaisN : r , and , l a r t i ; r - , i a r J . i , Law lence Dur re l . l , c_ r f f g l sa special fc,:us on the develcpment of modernl i teratu ie in i ts concern for lhe le la i ionshipo f t he j , n0 i v i dua l t o soc ie l y and i . n i r se x r ' l i r : r a t - i c n c i o r r c c n s c i c u s n e s s a n d o u rm0euLS, ' r P ine exp la ins . " i h i s book i s ana t temp t t o l oca te t ha t f ocus r ! ( p . l ) " P ine usesLhe cc. in t last inq conscj orJsnesr of society asref lected in the I i le :ature of the Candy and,later. of the heralC to shcur the rievelopmeni arloe v o l u t j o n c f t h i n k i n g f r o m t n e e i g h t e e n t hcentury of Brlmrrleii tr: r.he conf.empoiary thinkingie f l ec ied oy Du r re l l ' s l l he ra iC i c un i ve t se . "fhis lcng essa)./, wnich i hlgr:J,;", ccmmend, is onec f l h e m o s t . d e t a i i e C a n c i s r _ i n r u l a t i . n q

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expi .orat icns of the r le taphor of lhe t 'hera ld icuniverse ' r as par t icu iar ly expouirded uy Durre l i .

The firost exciting addition tr: Lire Durreilcanon is lhe pubLical ion of The Medi te i aneqnS,!"oJ'e : T rav e1g in _!-awrence Dilrrell-.--CouOtly( L c n d o r i : P a v i l i o n B o o k s , i 9 8 8 , s i z eaDproximately 29.5 cm. by 2€, .5 cn. , 159 pages,*25) , which features the work of ar t is l PauiHcgartn. Hogarth was born in Cunrbl ie in l9 i7and t ra ined at St . Mart in 's Schoci c f Ar t in' * , : :nCon. Dur ing the '5gr he v is i ied China, Soutn{ - f t - i r : 4 . a n f j P r l a n d . w h i r h h a q i i ^ ' * n l l e d h i ggraphi .c work set around lhe woi ld . Subsequent-+ r ' i r , c h a v e i - a k p n h i m r n T r p l A n d - R : , c c t : r . a n C t h cr f v r v ' i u , . \ v , J : v ,

U .S. , where h j .s cont in. r ing fasc ina ' " icn wi thAmer ican urban landscape resul ted in severalbooks cf per int ings. Cne of h is mcst recentsuccesses was Graham Greerre -Cqun1;1 (Lontlon:Pavj i ion Bccks, 1986, hardback; 1988, paper-back) , I haC lears which I vc iced in Herald 9( 0ctober, /March I988) lhat The tec l l lqr : l rneanS' . .qre_ wcuJ,d be d isappcint i ig . J ar 1: leaoed rcrer:ort t.hat t-his is not the case. The scheine of' lhis new book aLlows for a greatei concentration" r o f f i a 1 : v i s | r m n q t _ l v f r r i i - n r r r n t l i r : s + , r a l . j - c n swhich a ie cJ.ear ly the main locus l f l the book.i a n i r n f f l r r r r e l l r q , r r i n r i n a l n n n l c . i c : r ' 1 , . ^ + - . , + / \ - ts r V r I r r u t P q t U ! - n I r i - i l i l ) l l d ! g L l

- i n , r r r i p r r r f : r r r h l i r ' . a t i r n . n r e f i v p r l i n , i i h a b r i e fH v v ! , v u L 4 v | ' H r ' ?

resumd by Robrn Rr-rck lhat takes lhe essence ofthe book but that wisely avoids the t rap cfrnere ly t ry ing to summarise any stcr .v J . ine. Thenbre are presented '+, r i th shcr t ext rac ls f rom thebook wj.th accompanying i-j- lustraticns by Hogarth,a n r l f r a a i i m a - r : i n , c r h r i e f . , r m m o n f r r , , F r r rd r ' t J , t r u i i l L a l i t c L U - - , , . . , , - t r L d r y u y

Durre l l . Cur iously , a l l the:e conmentar ies byDurre l l are wr i t ten in the th i rd person. Therea r c f h i r i e e e n n e m q i n l - p r c n e r < p r i r n , i f F ' i r p n r n c a

text" of which three are previcusly r,rriputrJ.ishedand two u r l e re pub l i shed bu t i n d i f f e ren tvers ions. Hogarthrs commentary, wh- i .ch was somuch an imped-iment to lhe Graham Greene book, isnoi i r l imi ted to a fer lv l ines--"The Art is t 'sioutna]" - -at the end of each book sect ion. ThisCescr ipt ion a l lo '^rs Hcgarth +"c come immediate lyi r , h i c n n i n l . { h e i a ^ ^ l a n a - - h ^ . . - i ^ ^ . + a n r , r n r . fp v r ' ' c \ r , u f r I r u I u l r g c ! r ' d Y : i r _ r _ 1 L U l _ r d u u u L

t e x i " ' ) a n d n r n v i r i p < p n i n t p r c c l - i n . r . f { n u i u s t Or v v ! 4

each sect ion. Hogartn, as ! !e l l as te l l ing usabout h is exper iences at the locat iorrs . ie l lsus, aS ' , , te might wel l guess, that n iany of the^ 1 ^ ^ ^ - . . t ^ r ^ - i h ^ . . . i h r r [ \ r r r r c l l r r o f . i n f i + ; ^ , , ^P I C L E ) U S > U I I U E U V l r r u r r s r r o r 9 | r ( . L I L f U U 5 - -

" cuL led f rom the s tockpo t . " Hcqa r th ' s j o . , i r na lr e c n i , r n t i n n f i n d i n n f h p r r T p a l r i n l a c e s o Isubs l i t u te s i t es w j t h t he r i gh t a tmosphe reprcv ic jes a st imuiat ing coda to ee:h cf the

visual feasts of fered in th is book. I shculdemohasize--and for me i t is a re i ie f - - that thebook i . l lust ia tes the p laces in thei r 1980s^ ^ + r i ^ - ^ - - - J : - - - t ^ - ^ + r ^ * ^ + r ^ i 1 1 , , - t f a L g t h gJ c L L a ' r g ) d , r u J J i i u L o | q u r . g i l r l - ' L L \ , t t f u J L

s tor ies in the books.The fact that a book l"ike this dces rrct

at tempt to expl icate Durre lL 's at t should notdefer us. To read the text and then savour thepa in t i ngs i s o l r re de i i gn t . i L i s obv ious tha tl1:gertn is well at home in the Mediterrar-,ean alcih a s a v i v l d p a l e t t e w h i c h w e l i s u i t s t h ebr i l l iancer o l cc iour under that southern 1 ight .By the i ine thj.s !: lgra,lC is circulated, ",hep x h i h i i i n r ' ' - - i r r , i r a r f f , r " ^ " r ^ r ; ^ ^ - ^ ; t " - F t a n C j . SI s ' ' : , J ! u ! 1 r : ) F q r l r r - I r r V ) s i , L ' l s

Ky le Ga l le ry iLondon) w j l i be over . i ,n jhen Ir r i c i i p r i m a n \ / n f t h p n e i n f i n n c h e r l h p p n c r l r ir r ! ! v u s t

h : r t e t e l o - r h , r np r ^ : l I n r i nh f r cvpa l snng ungo ldq L v : v P - . * 3 .

i "tems (phone: 0l-1199-6870) "

Birmingham, Engj,andNovember l98B

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Frances Sie l : f " f d ied 15 Apr iJ . at age l i l i .She founded the Gotham Bock Mart in 1920, soJ"di t i n 1957 , bu t con t i nuec i t o l i ve i n anapartment above the s lore and to work as Gconsul tant . Miss Sle lof f , the most independerr tand d i s t i ngu i sheC U .S . bookse l l e r , a t l xac tedinnumerable authors and ar t is ts to her bookmar t : f r l r de r : a r i " s t ! - ^ ^+h^6 -+ / ' ' ' ' eS t 47 thi l r a r L , J \ t l g u u L r l q l r r t o L + I y y

St reet (Manhal tan) under lhe s igr- . ! ' l r l ise Men FishHere , " has been an i n te rna l i ona l l i t e ra ryLanomar<. More than merely a bcoksel ler , MissS i e l n f f I ' c l i a m n i o n r - n i h p p x n F r i m p r r t a f a n dn n e ' l I e n n e d l h e n e n q n r q I ' t i H p r h e r t M i t n a n r l

states in the r', lewlqrk Times. obituary (t6 April1989, p. A16) . "Her courage in purchasingc h i n m o n f c n f i h o h r n n o d l l a d v l ^ h e f f e r l e i r r qL u v ,

Love r ' d i r ec t l y f r om D .H . La$ r rence i n i t a l y i nthe la te L92C's i lnc in order ing smuggled copiesn f t T l r n i n n f i l a n r : e r t f r n n H p n r v M i 1 1 c t l n p 3 1 i g

dur ing t f re 19f0 's led tc lawsui ls and landmerkdecj .s ions cn censcrship. t l

Miss Stelcff ' r. ' ;as o'rried in +"he family plot inthe Jew ish Cemete ry a t Sa ra toga Sp r i nEs , t . l ,Y . ,the tou;n where she ulas born lI December 1887.0n 22 May a memorial service was heid for her atthe Celeste Bartcs Foium in tne New York Pub] icL ib ra rv .

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* I n t n : s cc lun rn i n He ra ld I , i t ! ! asi ncorrer : t l v rennr led :nut t to , -*Cuct l icn c i Anr e F : J U U v

if$t-lggs!!_€. that played in Lyon in the euiljmnor 1987 fc l lcurec the eoi t ion lev ise i by Per,e lopeDuire i l Hope, Actuaj . ly lhe Ly-r r , per icrmance wa:Dased upon t . he L9 '7 4 Ga l i i .ma rC eC i l - i , Jn ! fFqustr ls , which was hanslated in to French byr . - J . Temo le : Temp l -e a l so aJap teo the p lay f c r

- i h p c i a n e f c r t h e l Q R T n r e c c n l r l - i r , n

* PETIR BALDhIIN'5 Delcs Press has pubi ishedThe {_x j -s teni lq l is !_Pol i t iSA! l " t r_t f by l i isl ' {urdoch rd i tn a ForeworC by Robin Wat,et f ie iC.The re i s a s i qneo l im i t ed ed i t i on i f l * 5 ccp :es .T h p , , p : T F n r i n t c d n n h : n n - n e l i c n r n F r a n d

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p resented in a sJ. ip case; rhe ccst . o+ each isL40. The unsigneci edj . l ion (c f lSal ccpies) isLLz. Theee a ie avai lable f rcm The De^ios Press.I1 Scnool Road, l /oseley, Bi rmir rghan' Bt l 9ET;i ,here is a b l c f iarge For posta le anJ handl ing(h i .50 for overseas orders) and a LJ convers ionchalge i f payment is not made in s ier i i .ng.

Sr i11 avai labie f iom ihe Delos Press are afew copies of Law;ence Durre l l 's &_- iJ fg!Fqugtqs; che s igneci ed j . t j .an costs L55, anci theoaperback eCl t i r :n t8.95.

* MICHAEL BIGNAL 'S essay ' rAr t and l - l is tcry:S t e p h e n ' s M i r r o r a n d P a r n e L i ! s S i L k n a t ' r- . - ^ ^ . . - ^ r i F r ^ . , n p r s l l l , _ / q s p c : T h g L a r c e lq P P E o r E u 1 r , J U J I E _ _ i u r y r ) E J . , r "

Ferspeci-ive, edl,ted by Robert Newman and laieidonT F t - r ^ + . \ ^ - n . - i n , , - l : - ; ^ r L . . ! : ^ ' i ^ j . 5 T q t ' i \ . , t fl l l U l I I L U I I d l l U i J U U l f > ! ! ( U U y L l g U l ' r v i r J r L / ,

Delaware Press in 1987 " Mj-;haei's 'Jjea:' irqchqqe!

!!qrra!r"v€_ jtrll--Ypice - ll Finnegans 'dake 'l/espuhl ished dur ing the summer ( i9BB) h,v SyiacuseUn ive rs i t y ' P r€ss . I n June i 1938 ) , M ichee la 1 - f o r d a d f f r o l r r r n e Q r r m n n c i : r m i n r / e n i r o

* PETER CHRISTTNSEN chairecj a special sessj.cnon Marguerite Youicenar at the December lv' l lAConvent ion and read a Dager enl i l led I 'Yourcenara n d M e r e z h k o , r s k y : C r i t i c a l H i r s l o r y a n dPatr iarchy. I '

* Also al lhe MLA Convention was REED ii i lAYDASENBR0CK who chal red the specia l sessior lr r l r rqui r ies in to Davidscn and Int ,erpretat j .on" andneve A nsnFr - "f ln We Lrlri i ,e the Text l lr ie Read?C o n i e p t u a l R e l a t i v i s m a n d R a r : i c a lInterpretat ion , ' t

Volume l , Number 1 {March 198?) c f 4ngr i iA lI i t p r a r ' \ / H i c f n r r r A n e r ! i n r ' r n n i r n r . , e r i n . : f h -!-::::Yi-I----l-jjj'--:It "

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study of Ar:erj.;:arr i i lerature from lhe calonialr r p r r n i r n i h c n r p s p n f n r r n l i s h c d h v O x f o r dH ! v v v r ' e

Un ivers i f -y Press (JourrraLs Dept . , 15-00 Pol l i . l tD r i ve , Fa l , r Le in rn , N .J . 07410 ; a one -yee iS U D S C I I F l ' : l l n I C ? T O U i I S S U e S l 9 S Z J , U i r - - $ J L i . U U

outs ide ine iJ .S,) inc ludes an ar l ic le by Reed,r rPound's Def l rono]cEy, t ' anci a reply to i t : "De.mageCon l i o l i n t he Pounc Indus t r y : Respcnse i oDasenir rcck" b-v Rot ler t C:s i11c.

* ALAN l,liARRfN FRIEDT-1Ai.] , with Charles Rossmana n d D i n a S h e r z e r ' , e d i t e d B q ! k e t tT . ^ ^ r r ^ + j - . , . ' r - ^ ^ - 1 " t i n n R e n k e i t . T h i S U j a SI r q! r >l d L r . !l I I q, r ) r + ! 1, lla-_9-:.-:l)!jj.n ' r h ' l i c h p . l h \ r T h t r P e n n c . r ' l r i r n i r i r : i e : l n i r , o r < i t v

P ress (215 h jagne r Bu i i d i ng , Un i ve rs i t y Pa rk ,Pennsyl lvania 168C2) and sel ]s for $24.95.

* N0RMAN T. CATES kintl lty publicized lhe LDSand CMG V in Lhe Spring l98B Ew_ CatEibu.ri lr i f p r n r v S r i r . l e f r , \ l n y l c l e i . L e i ' . w h i c f r h e e , J i t . s ,The NCl Soclety is Cevoted lc Richaro Ald ington 'who rl las a good friend of Durrell and Cl"aude from1"957 unti l hi.s death in 1962. Anyone interestedin membership j n i : f ' - ' -s :oc iety s-rcuIc tontactNcrman at 5?a Woodland Avenue, Haddonfield, Newjelsey 08Cl ] .

* TIC Salq?lla _Eey_-U!_!CqIj_ Cqld _Usr *Pql+_ric-:and l f i lc l f Af fq i r (Pr inceton Univers i ty F iess,i989) is the ia test book b5r EDMUND KEELEY" Thiswcrk is aboul the poi i t ica l murder of theA m e r i r . a n i n r , r r r a l i s t G e n r n q P n l k d r r r i n n t n e C r e e k

Civ i l h jar and, ro quoie the dust wrapper, " thes r rhsen ren i t l i a l n f a scansnna t i n wh iLewasnedJ v v J ! v u e '

p roceed ings t . i ' a t j . nvc l ved no t on l y Gree i< ,Arnerican, ancl Brit ish governmen+" cfficials bi:ta l so a commi r - i ee c f d i s t i ngu i sheo Amer i can! - , - ^ ^ r . i - r a a a A f h p i r r p n r p c e n t a f i V e S t nJ U U l l r q M L - q l l u r u P ! e r u ' r u u L .

G reece . "

* FRANK KERSN0IiJSKI gri l i have an essay onDurrell in tggt_ tdqi .Lir-qralures-in tnli lr-sh: ALexic.Qn qf .CoI',!e!'n!g,IUL Ag!!g!9. This relerencework is pull ished ln a loose-leaf fcrmat so thal, , o r r ' l i . , q , r n f t l F m p n t - i ^ ^ i i h p r p l ; v

m a i n i e i l j n o - n p a i t i r o n n \ / n f f l ' e v ' r 1 r r q g . T | l e| | | q J : I u q a ' I f | | v

f i rs t double issue apoearec in June I938; j " tcosts HFL. 45.30, p lus HFL. 8.50 for postage andpacking. (Cie . iFL. is approxinrate ly 51 centsU.5. ) ' ihe f i rs t dcuble issue has aboul oneh u n d r e C s i x t y p a g e s o . t t r r i r t e e n a u l h o r s ls u L l s c r i b e r s w i l l r e c e i v e f o u r q u a r t e r l ysupplemer ' r :s c f aocrcx i rnate lv e ight ! oages eacl r ,Each supp lemen t u r i l i cos t abcu t HFL ,24 ,00 ;

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subscr ipt ions are on an annual- basis . renewableeach year" Subscribers v,ri l ] be sent en invoicewi lh the f i rs t double issue. Paymeni must bevia bankerrs draf t o t Eurocheque, nol credi tcards. Send your order to Samsom Ui tgever i j BV,Stadhoudersplein I , 2404 BE Alphen ay'd Rijn, TheNe the r l ands ; o r t e l ephone ( l f ) - 17 -20 -6L533 .Franksrs ar t ic le wi .L1 be i .n lhe f i rs t vear 'ssupp.lements.

Tiie Sumner l9B9 Br.l* Ne iirs by lJfii ReseaichPress annoi.inces that Into the lqbl,{Lnlir :. [ssaIion Lawrence Durre l l ed i ted bv Frank. shnuid beavai lable th is fa l l a t $39.95.

* Six poems by MARY ANN LARKIf'I appear intihile Clapbqql!|, publisneC by Caro.l- C. A1len,i988. Paint ings and phctographs a l ternat .e wi lht h e p o e m s i n t h i s s t r i x i n q b c o k " ( 5 e ePrrb l icat ions coiurnn. )

* i:rcm JENNIFER LEOi\]ARD comes this ar:counl olLas t Ju l y ' s Co r fu con junc t i cn :

r r F o r t w i r w e e k s i n J u l y a g r o u p o fDurre l l ians l ived on the top f ioor of the Whi tef iouse in Kalami Bay, Corfu. The par tv ! !ascomposed of BRCCKE and CAR0L PiIRCE, Jif{ andBITSY NICI']OLS, IAN and SUSAN MacNiVEf,l, and FRANKand JENNIFER LEONARD; lcward the end of our l!,roweeks rlre vvere joined by ANl.iA LiLLIOS. Whatfn l lnwq ic : vpr^v hr ief account o l th is unioueexpei ience.

' tThere 's a p ic ture of Lawrence Durre l i ,l o o k i n g y o u n g a n d q u i n t e s s e n t i a ) I y 1 9 3 0 s ,hanging ln the taverna of the Whi te House, whereLarry had ]j,ved with Nancy in L937*38, a periodof t ime he celebrates in Flospgrcrs Cg!L. ThellJhite House has achieved a bil of celebritys ince the th i r t ies because of i ts conneci ion toDurre l l , and indeed the reason whlr cur groupchsse the Whi te House for our hol iday h,ascl-osely associated with its having once been thehorne of Larry DurreLl .

"But t ime has b lurred the d is t - inct ionbetween Lawrence and Gerald Dr-rrrel1, and thissumil]er, when the tour boats arrived rnid-morningfrom Kassiopi oi Corfu town and idleC slowly^ 1 ^ ^ ^ I H ^ . . h ^ n ^ i ^ . - - - ! - . ! h ^ . . j r 1 ^ w e c o u j dc l l . u l l g L l ! E > l l U I t r a l | | I U I r L U i L l l s Y t a l q t

h r ' ^ r t h c n ' r i d e s h o n m i n n i . h r n r t n h t h e i rmegaphcnes: 'And lh is is the Whi te Hct :se, home^ ? ' c - . r a l . . 1 n , , r r a ] I t h c l r r l - h n r f l f l 1 , 1 . , , t r 2 - : 1 , ^ - !U I t : C I d . L r j U U l l - U L l r ! , r u q u u ' t u r u , ' 1 1 _ L g f l j l r - t _ g j l v

Qthel : Aniqals" ' This b i t c f garb led jn forr ta l iunpassed over the heads o l the tour is is , s tandingjammed into the l i t t le open boats, as thei rattenticn was focused on Brooke Peirce who would

come oul onto our balcony" Brooke, usual lyCressed in h is bath i "ng t runks, would stand thereand ra ise h is o lms cver h is head Zorba-s ly le andnocj fai.nt acknowledgment to the tourisls, whcwould erupt in tc wa' res of cheers and whist les.Il was a stunning performance.

itDurrel-l was the object of many of, ouract iv i t ies. Not only were we l iv ing in h isv i l t r a , but bre swam in the very bay he hadenjoyeo and ate in tne taverna downstairs whichhad acccmmcdated him with retsina and moi.rssaka,And then ihere were the t r ips. The MacNivensrr ,ould gc of f j . r the i r car on Cayl r ips t rack ingdown people r,i l 'rorn Durrell had known or visll ingpiaces he had l ived" There was one l r ip whichlhey made with the Peirces that took them to thesouth cf Corfu lown. Brooke was dr iv ing. Theh p i i r n n r r 1 - r h r m n n r n a d s a n n r m n r r q l v q i ^ ^ - - ^ '

- . r u q u J c r r u r i l r u u J a I J ! t r g P q t l u

nariohl, and e,Jhen the house they were looking forcould nol be found cn one rcad, Brooke wouldt,,rrn tl-re cGr drour-rd in impossibly tight spaces,maneuver ing the car around one-hundred-eighiy-degree turns lhal : le f t everyone amazed, and t iyanother .

'r0ne evening the group r,rent to Agios Joanislo hear Phi l ip Sherrard read f iorn Edward Leal 'swc rk , a f rd anc the r day Anna wen t w i t h t heMacNivens to sccur lhe island for information.And then there were excurs ions in our renledbcat , a funny f iberg las craf t which carr ied usr I n n n i n f h p q n l i n e n f q f q n j r i ' i i O i - l i h a tq r u i l v v P r l f e . !

Durre l i ment j .ons in ProsF€fo 's Cel1. or ls thecavern, where Larry and Nancy swam, which can berea.hed b1r underwater passageniays.

rlt was interesting to see Corfu from theboat . Pantokrator , the cra|"er peak of thei c l : n . 1 - r o q e s t e e o ' t / ^ 1 ̂ - : 0 n t h e- , - - - l y d u u v ; n q r d l l r f .

summit u\las a mcnastery which could be seen froma dis tance, but was h idden f rom Kalami by thehiEh shc:ulders of Pantokrator. This monasterybecame lhe focus cf hikes Frank and Ian lcokear ly each morning. T l rey nrould st r ike of f upthe hil lside that rose behind the tnlhite i iouse,walk. ing through oId c l ive gr t :ves ' passing bydeserteo sbone st ructures, peasant huts, andenclosures for animals. The ascent io the tcpwas made by Frank and Jim and lan.

t 'They arrived at the suminit to find themonastery occupied by a monk, Brolher Evthemino;he ulas the sole tenant. t"le had been at thenronastery s ince he was'uwenly-r :ne, and he !1Jasnow s ix ty-e ight . Before he opened the churchthe inqui red r f the men were Chr is t ianr and whenr e a s s u r e d h e s h r : w e d r h e m t h e w o n d e l f u l

n a i n t i n r t s , . t h F i k r , n s . a n d f h e f r r n n i l : r ' - _ s O i t h BCrthodox fa i th . He of fered Greek cof fee andsaid there ur,ere too many tourisls cn Corflu. Hesaid he went ints Corfu lcwn once a month, andrenen tc r l f h : t i hp re i l F rF 1 -n r " r mpn . . f . : : r iS tS . i - l e\das pLeased when he learned thai Frank and Jimand lan had c l imbed lo the monastery f romKalami. 0ther s ight- - jeers invar iably drove roi t .

"Brother Evthem: lno is r lght . There are toomany tor i r is ts on Ccr fu. They 've overrun iheis iand in thei r cr - . r to f f s and tee shi r is , Therei .s cne st retcn of beach nor th of Ccr f i r tcwn,lpscs, t rh j .ch cannot be said to be Gleek: i - t isTcui is t . Dozens sf l i l t le tavernas cneek Dyjowl wi th names l ixe the John 8ul1 and lheB r c a d w a y I r o o m s - t o - 1 e t s i E n s : e v e i y w h e r emotorscooters the vehic le o i choice, Gelmans,I taL:ans, Br i i ish-*a common narket o i huniani ty .T i ra t r s t f r e f o reg round . I n t he backg rounC, i rthe l i t t le h i l , is ide v i1 lages, in Kalami, thei s l and o f Co r fu i s s t i l l r nuch as Du r l e l li iescribed it Ln Eosr:Srq5 !.eLl_: silent olive

t r r \ / p q n e . l 1 q n r f h e , r n a f q , r n . i r o q ^ n r r i _ , . n h l - ^ rJ r L v r r t u u r r J q u s u J , q ' r L t a u g r t L q i

f ioa l ing f rom the tavernas."

* NANCY LE'vrlIS had a rewarding spring ( i9B8 )l:;rrn as an exchange professcr' at rhe l. lrrj.versitycf Lund in Sweden. She repor ts thar Canedianand AuStra l ian l i tera lure are r , , , r , l l replesenteJi n ! - h c F n n l i s h l l c n r r l o c n i f h o r o a n d C i ' t e

iegular ly-o l fered course has J, ;s t ine on i issy l labus "

Tn I a tp tv ia rnh Nannr , pnd f r . -T h r rch2nc t roFr, , J J e q . r u i L . - J I

i ren i to Ber I in f or Lne me' j r inr j c f the 5r , rop?arAssoci ,at ion cf Amer ican SiLrCies a i the i .F"Kennedy Ins l i lu te uf the Flee Univers i ty , . Thet o p i c t l i a s " T h e U . S " i n l h e ' 3 0 s a n d ' 4 0 s ;Loek ing Inward , Look ing 0u twar i , " and theparticipants were scholars frcm aIi over [asternand lriestetn Europe, r '0nly a iew slray Arnericansw F r t r t h t r T p I w T , i t p q r r ^ - ^ . , i l ^ ^ i r ^ . j + ^ e n i r \ / 6 a lu t u r L u r ' v t 9 t w t r L U r r t d r r L y t q r r u I L l u f L t r u i r \ l u ] e u

n e a r i n g o u r s e l v e s d i s c , , ; s s e d b y a I i t n o s efreople. " 'dh i le leacnine in Sweoen, Narrcy a l scmanaged a ! !eek 's v is i t to Par is and cccasionalt r ips to nearby Cooenhagen.

Although Nancy tock pleasure i-n her Swedishexper ience, she found the Snredes extremelyreserved and siJ-ent, except fcr thase in i:heEngJ. ish Depar lnent . " i 've never seei i suchdomest icated pecple--no caf6 l i fe , nc oubs, i ic tmuch publ ic mingl ing." She seccnded Dulre l l 'sc t e t e m e n t I ' T h a r r k G o d f o r w i n e - d r i r : k i n o _l 4 e C i t - e r r a n e a n c o u n t r l e s , " a n d a f l e r l e a v i n g

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Sweoen j.n iune !!ent lc Venice f or the .)cyceSymposium. Sne talked lo Khani Begum there andcairnht n l imoses nf Reed Dasenbrock and Miken^ ̂ - ^ r ^ 4 i ^ - ' , - - i r p . Nannv and Rnh v i s i t edD t r U i r d i . H l - U l V E i l r u u ! ' \ o | i ) / q ' i u u u ! '

Sicily, l ' lei lLes, anc1 Rcme before re+,urning hcme.

* PAUL l-i. L0RENZ has moved from Houstcn tcPi.ne B)-uff, Arkansas. In the fall he became anAssistant Prcfesscr o i Engl i -sh a+, the Univers i ty^ a n - t - - ^ ^ - ^U I H I K r l l ! > d - ,

* iAl.,] l t4acNIVEN wrote the intrcducticn ior theChinese tiansiation cf Ife Co[qclqd Le'L!gI9_gLD.f . La"r , r , realg edj teC f ,y Harry T. Moore, whichwas publ ished by the North China Press in 1988.Wonder fu l - t c have someth ing pubJ . i sned i r rChinese: i t e i in : ina i .es the readina of ca l ievs: n r l n a n e n r n n f q l

Ien anci 5usan v is i ted Alexandr ia in June(1988) and tnrete surpr ised at the t renencoL. isf l i e n d i i n e < c , n . l n p n f i I i t r , n f t h e n e n n i ^ + H ^ ^ ^

r - . L : r r L y u . L r r L P e u F r c L l i g l t .

The highiiqht of their stay rl las rneeting SOADSOBHY encj ier hrs i ;and, Dr . Caia l Aref . iheywete most gener us in ;nar . ing : f ,e i r vast s io iecf in lormat ion about ine c i ty . Soad arrd herf r iend and fo lmer d isser tat ion d i rec lc i , ZeinabR a a f , a t . L { q i . p o x i - i p p e l v c n t h i r s i a " t i n , a b O U t t h epossib i l i i . .v of holc ing t le L992 LDS conferencein Alexancr ia.

* LAbJRENCE hJAYNg I4ARKIRT is one Of i -neauthors of Arttlur SymonsiJl B.lbiioqiephy, ,,,;hicha recent Engl ish L- i terature in Transi t ion Fiesscala logue anncrrnces is scheduled for publ icat ionin Apr i " l L990.

* ALFRID PERLES Cid an excel lent t ransiat ionof Rainer Marj.a Rllke's Die 4e:!!g_:gf .Li_gbq_gldIg!!. deq Qplnets Cl' ' I iq-top[ Ji].!e. Perids ceilsi t "a l ransmutat ion nr adaptat ion, necessaiy lfor the Enqiisn rl,ords naye a different iesonancefrom the oricina.l. Gernan." Ihg-_Lry__Q! !-w.g__?!d.Die$__al_ C!:lgt Ctristqgf e.q_3ii.!< g was publ i sherlin a beaut . i fu . l ed j t ion by Bernard Stone (TurretBooks , 42 i-ambs Conduit Slreet, London lriCii llL-J ) j.n L987 . The Americarr composer ,-lames-Francis Br :own has set Fer l is 's t ransmulat ion tornusic .

Fo r : r t h Es ta te L tC . (C lass i c House , r l ll e l o q f h n r r r n e Q n n v e L O r r d g n V | 2 4 U P ) i t a S

published--or shortJ-y wii i rei"ease*-St.ranqei itthe Mirrcr: Thq lluiobiqgleply ol AltIEd pelids.This 256-page book, wi th a photo of Per lbs byBrassa1 on the j acke i , se l l s f o r h I4 .95 .

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* G C R D 0 f . , t T l - i O M A S r S p a p e ! r r B y r o n a sph i lhe l , iene : Ar t i s l o r Escap is t?" ap i i rear3 inI n r e l R \ / r n n . R y r o n i S r n * - L i b e l a l i s i i r - -L Y r y e r t v . ' . u r _ _

P h i l h e l l e n i s m . P r o c e e d i n g s o f t h e l 4 t hIniernational Byrorr Syrnposium, Athens, 6-8 Ju1;r1987. Edi ted by M. Byrcn Raiz is . Athens: TheUnl"vers i ty of Athens, 1988.

* FIOm ScPtember !O DeCEmbEr SUSAN VANDERCL0STIR taught in Amsteroam oc a Fuibrighl, She| ^ . ^ ! t L ^ ^ : + ^ ^ . . t h o t o : o h - l n n l h o r ol u Y E u L i r g u r - y d r t u L r r u L s o L ' , r r r g ; r : u ! L .

* The fo l " lowing Socie ly members harre a newaddress or teleohone number:

Peter Chr is tensen

M : r n r r o l f e l i n i r r c r e i t r r

Mi.lwaukee, Wisconsin 53233(Home phone: 4L4-273-7745)

|,lJi l l iam Godshalk(Home pnone ; 5Li-28I-5927)

Frank Kersnowski(Hone phone: 512-826-4349)

Mary Ann l-arkin? ? 1 f ^ h n n n i n n S t r c e l - N . E .r i i + , ! Y v v ' v v v t

i rJashington, D"C. 20002

U A V } C H U 9 S C i I

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BTB*I(FHILES' SIELF

In Apr i l " 1988, Bocksel ler Glenn Horowl tz(141 East 44t l ' r St reet , Sui te 808u New York Ci ty100f7) adver t izeo Lawrence Durre l l 's le t "ers ioAnne Rid ler . The 2f ALS, 9 TLS' I l TL ' and f'V-Ma i l A i loramsr . ia t i nn Frnm l 9 58- 1.96C areavai labl"e for $22,500.

The seccnd Lar,'trence Durrell Alchive, "sontelhousands of i tenrs," consis l ing of LD's i . tork ingI j h ra rv - manr j sc r iD tc . nn iphnnks . n rpsen la t iOnr r v l q r j t t s + e q

cop ies o f o the r au tho l s 'wo tks , and l e " te rs( inc luding aboul 1,40 Let ters and postcaids f rom|ienrv Miller) FJas offereci for sale at auction at

S o t h e b y ' s o n 2 l J u l y 1 9 8 8 ( e s t i m a t et 6 0 , 0 0 C / 8 0 , 0 0 0 ) . ( F o r d e t a i l s s e e P e t e rBaidwin 's column above. )

In C*ataloqge 250- (which I received May1989 ) , Be r t ram Ro ta (9 - I I Lang ley Cou r t , Coven tGarden, London |,{C2E 9RX) offered a Durrellco l lect ion of l i rs t edi t ions anci associatedm a t e r i a l f o r E 6 , 5 0 0 . T e n P o e m s , B r o l n oBomlastes, I lglgjl lgn, Pied Piper cf Lcvers-'Par;ic $pr:!ng, Pjiy-g!.9-_-Q!e!!g are some of themore d iFf icu l t - to- f ind t i t les ineluded.

,'4s @e fiowinq'r: fhe-Lawrence Dull:e}l Papers at Sluthern - I l l ino-isUiliygSi.t:.-i3llsldal€ (CalbondaleI Friends ofMorr is L ibrary, Southern I l l ino is Univers i ty atCart rondale, I988) , the excel lent ca la logue byShel ley Cox of the wonderfu l Durre l l exhib i t a tS IU i n Ap r i l 1988 , l i s t s t he se lec ted LDmater ia ls- -pubt icat ions, manusci ip ls , manuscr iptr i r e f i c n n i c n n n i < C ^ ^ I ^ ! i ^ ^ - . . h ^ + ^ ^ - ^ ^ h ^p d l l l L i , r u 5 r P l l u L U v f d P l i > t

n r f in r 'emq - recn : 'e l iankc ts . I e t t .e rs - - f rom thet - e v v +

extensive Durre l l Archive, which covers iheyears 193J,-70, lhat were on view during Ol', lc V 'This can by purchased f rom Specia l Ccl lect ions,Mor r i s L ib ra ry , Sou lhe rn l l l i nc i s Un i ve rs i t y ,Carbondale, I l l ino is 529OL fcr $5.0C (p lus $ ii n r f n re ion nns tane ) : make check navab le i or v f u ! Y ' t " * . " Y " J

Southern l l " l ino is Univers i ty ,

SUSAN S. MacNiVEN

RECENT PI.H_ICATIU\6 BVM CO{CERNIIS LqTNCE IT,ffiIT

* A two-volume Lawrence Durre l l issue ofT n p n f i p i n l - e n t r r r v I i t p r a t r r r e a n n p e r e d i n l h e' -:-::i-:::i-:

spr ing of 1988 (a l though datec i987) . Par t - I isVolume 3] , Number 3 (Fal ] 1987); Par l I I , Vo1ume31, Number 4 ( t t l in ter 1987). Ian S. MacNiven andCaro l Fe i i ce de re gues t ed i t o r s . Pa r t Iconta ins rnemoirs of Durre l l by h is bro lherr - ^ r ^ l . l a n . lu E l c l u d r r u u y 1 0 r : u u r t r ' l u r e u a " v

members Raymond M i l l s , Ra r i l V i c to r Pe ldez ,ALfred Per lbs, and Alan G. Thomas. There isa lso a sect ion cal led t r lawrence Durre l l par 1ui -m8me" r ruhich has a select ion of LD's le t ters toT .S . EL io t and to Hen ry M i l l e r , en i n ' ue rv iew c fLD by CLaudine Brele l , a r l ia logue between LD andDiane Deriaz which is part of the script for r.heBBC teievision film l!g-!g!gly__Bgaql produced by

Margaret McCal l , passages f rom Peter Adam'sdiary kept during the 1977 fi lming wilh LD ofSo i r i t o f P Iace : Eovo t . a oo r t i on o f t heconversati.on belween LD and John Hawkes thattook place at 0n Miracle Ground IV: The FourthInternational Lawrence Durrell Conference on 12Apr i l 1986 ( th is is edi ted by Michael Begnal) ,and the opening passage from LD's forthcomingbook on Provence lentat ive ly t i t ted Caesar 'sGhost .

Par t I I consis ts of cr i t ica l ar t ic les onDurrellrs wolk by LDS members Roger Bowen, Reed|.Jay Dasenbrock, Gregory Dickson, lt i11lam L.Godshalk, Lawrence tlJ. Markert, Ray Morrison,James R. Nichols, Carol Pei rce, and SharonSpencer. In the two voLumes are about fortyphotographs, most never published before. Forcopies, which are $7.00 each p lus $1.00 forfo re ign o rde rs , w r i t e t o Twen t i e th Cen tu rvLiterature, 49 Sl-reridan l\venue, Albany, New YorkL22 tO .

* T h e M e d i t e r r a n e a n S h o r e : T r a v e l s i nLawrence Durrell CouqL:J with watercolors byPaul Hogarth and introduction and conrmentary byLD was publ ished by Pavi l ion Books (London) onl1 0ctober 1988 and sel ls for E25.00. There isno American edition, but you should find thePavi l ion edi t ion sel l ing for about $15.00 in theU.S. I f your bookstore has t rouble locat ing i t 'order it from Bernard Stone (The Turret BookShop, 42 Lamb's Condui t Street , London | ' jCINILJ) . For a descr ipt ion of th is beaut i fu l andfascinat ing volume, see Peter Baldwin 's columnin th is Herald. The Medi terranean Shore is amust for Durre l l ians; i t is a lso an excel lentin t roduct ion to Durre l l 's work and would be awonderful gift.

* All the Quincunx novels--El quinteto deAviq lon--have been t ranslated in lo Spanish(Barcelona; Edic iones Versal , 5 .A.) . LDS memberDavid Bil l ikopf reports from Chile thal they areavailable, but lhat there has been no referencemade to them in Santiago's leading newspaper, ElMercurio, or elsewhere.

* Du r re l l w ro te t he b i l i ngua l (Eng l i sh /Freneh) nreface for Barbara Robinson's Lumibresde Barbara Robinson (Toulouse: Edi t ions Tiet ra,1985). This a lso inc ludes a le t ter by LD,t ' Le t t r e de Lawrence Dur re l l aux 6d i t i onsTierra," in which he expresses h is admirat ionf o r R o b i n s o n ' s p a i n t i n g s a n d p r a i s e s t h e

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pr . rb l icat ion of a book on her . The f ront isp iecet ^ ^ ^ L ^ + ^ ^ F t n ^ ^ ia r q p 'uuu u, LU o, !u Robinson; the book conta instwo sketches of LD and one oil painting of him,two paintings of SonrniBres, and one of Avignon.Thls can be purchased from Bernard Stone (seeabove ) for E24 plus postage and conversioncharge if payment is not made in pounds.

* A p re face by Du r re l l appea rs i n LudoChardenon's Herbes oer curar/Herbes per cuinar:Remeis i re,ceg!€S tradicioOals---de-llgygllgS.(Barcelona: Edi tor ia l AI ta FuI Ia, t985) ' theCatalan translatlon of the origjnal. Mdmoires etrecettes de Ludo Chardenon. remasseur de planteslanquedocien (1982). A b lurb by LD is on theback cover . This edi t ion, unl ike the French,does not have any photograPhs.

* Durre l l a lso contr ibuted the preface tcDiane Der iaz 's La tbte ?r 1 'egers: Souver l - - i rsd ' u n e t r a a 6 z i s t e c h e z l e s p o b t e s ( P a r i s :Ed i t i ons A lb in M iche l , 1988 , FF .98 ) . De r i azd i s c u s s e s h e r f r i e n d s h i p w i t h L D i n h e rau tob iog raphy . Mar lhe Nochy (L ib ra i r i e deSeine, 9f rue de Seine, Par is 750U6) might l 'ave^ ^ ^ : ^ - - . c r f , i -u u p l g S u l L l r l ) .

* Durre l l 's poem "Mareot is (For Diana Gould)"begins Diana Menuhin 's autobiography ' F iddler 'sMoI l : L i fe wi th Yehudi (New York; St . Mart in 'sPress, L984, $L4.95). There are two mentions ofLD in +"he book.

* The Norion Eook of Travel edited by PauIFussel l (New York: t 'J . t l . Not ton, L987, $I9.95)conta ins a selec l ion f rom Sic i l ian Carousel-Durrell i .s referred to in the introduction tcPart IV: "Tour is t ic Tendencies."

x The Pursuit o-f Greece: &r Antholoqv editedby Ph i t i p She r ra rd and pub l i shed i n L964(London: John Murray) was repr inted in Athens byDenise Harvey & Co. in 1987. This containsthree contr ibut ions by Durre l l ; the openingparagraph f rom Prospero 's Cel l , "Nemea," and"0elos.r' The reprint has wonderful photographsby LD's f r iend Dimi t r i , ( I do not know i f therewere photos in the John Murray edi t j -on.)

* I 'Endpapers and Ink l ings" by Durre l . I appearsin Antaeus, No. 6I (Autumn 1988) ' which is ani s s u e d e v o t e d t o " J o u r n a l s , D i a r i e s , a n dNotebooks.r t Pages 88 to 95 have LD's entr ies.

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* |..Ji l l iam Scammell 's Keith Douqfas: A Studv(London: Faber and Faber, 1988, L1.95) inc ludespa r t - o f t he second pa rag raph o f Du r re lL ' sintroduc[ion to Return to Oasis: t lJar Poems andRecollections _[rom the Midd]e East. 1940-I945( e d i t e d b y V i c t o r S e l w y n e t o f . , L o n d o n :Shephea rd - l r l a lwyn , I 980 ) . LD i s men t i onedbr ief ly on three other pages of th is b iography.

* In the Faber and Faber New Books, AutumnI98B catalogue there is a blurb by Durrell 1nt h e d e s c r i p t i o n o f b J a r M u s i c ( I 9 8 8 ) b yChr is topher Logue. ( I do not know i f the book 'scover has a comment bv LD. )

* An interview with Durrell by Roger Greenappears in the esgan__Rev.ier{ ol Fa11-lrlinter1987, whose cover features LD.

* In "M6di terran6e? Le dernier sa lon o i I 'onrOve. Et o l I 'on 6cr i t : Les f rbres de la C6te"(Le Nouvel 0bservateur , 5- I l August 1988, pages63-66) , Jean-Louis [z ine in terv iews Durre l I ,N l ^ r ^ 6 t r r o - l o r i a D T n k r i s r . l r . e n d . l . - M . G . L e

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C16zio. There is a cood oholo of each wr i ter .

x Jean-FranEois Mongibeaux conducts a shor tin terv iew wi th LD, r rLa$rrence Durre lL: 'Pourquoije suis ic i? Regardez autour de vous, ' r i inFiqaro-I99e4l_ng. of 22 Cctober 1988, pp. 200-201.LD i s cne c f s i x ce leb r i t i es chosen fo r ' " h i s" lLs ont chois i de v ivre en France" ser ies. Astr ik ing pholo of LD by E. Br issaud covers oneand a third of these two oaoes.

* Two il lustrations by Paul Hogarth from TheMedit.erlanean Shslg and a photo 0f Durrellaccompany rrThe Durrell Collection: Scenes from aLi terory L i fe , " an in terv iew wi lh LD by HectorFel ic iano in The Sundav TimsF (London), 29November 1988, pp. GtO- l f . Among other topics,LD speaks abcut The Mediterranean Shoie: " 'Thisbook corresponds to a b ib l icgraphy of my l i feand work--and Hogarth's work is so beautiful andint r icate," r and expla ins why he and h is bro lherGerald are trying to get two Sumatran elephantsfor the Buddhist temple in France lhat they helpsupport .

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I h o l n l l n r . r 1 n f , ^ r c r R v i e w s - l i s t e dDurre l l -Mi l ler Let ters.n h r n n n l n n i n a l I r r ^ f T h ^u r r r u ' i u r u 9 r L q r r y t u r r l l g

(London: Michael Herag/Faber and Faber, b l7.50;New York: l l lew Direct ions, $25.95) .

An lhony Bu rg r : ss . "Dea ! Hen ry , You rsLarry." b-Qbservg1, 28 August 1988.

Anthony Quinton. "Letters from the LockerRoom. ' r The Sunday Times, 28 August 1988, p.n 1 nU I U .

Roz Kaveney. "Don Juan and His Boot-L i cke r . " The London EveO inq S tanda rd , IQ o n l o m h o r I Q Q A

Robert Winder. "An Alexandr ian Duet . t ' TheIndependent, I September 1988.

Phi l j .p 0akes. I 'Sun, Sex and Art . t r NewStatesman & Society, 2 September 1988, p. 36.

Clancy Siga1. "Spi t and Pol ish.r r TheGuardian (London), 2 September 1988. The samereview appeared in the Manchester Guardianlfeeklv on 18 September 1988, p, ?9.

Alan 8old. "Mi ]1er 's Tale of a LcvingFr iendship." The Glasqow Herald, 3 SeptemberI O C A n 1 A

Gore Vidal . "From Out laws to Int r iguers."The Times L i terarv Supple[ent , 9-15 Seplember1988, pp. 979-AA"

Scot t Bradf ie ld. "The Feel ing l i las Mutual . "T h c I i q t p , l F r 1 5 S e n t e m h e r l 9 R R n 2 9..i_:i:__: ji::r_Y

td. cordon Saith. "Planting the Daisies cnt h c D i r n n H e a n o f f h e r f l n n n q i t i n n . r ! r i h ee e , , v v P H v r r e + v - ! .

ggglgnan' i.7 September 1988.Pai: ick Skene Catl ing. "Str ike-Free Days,

Le t te rs Ga lore . " @, 18a o n f a m h a r

' l Q Q Q

Derek Mahon. ' rBeing Geniuses Together . r lThe I r ish Ti .mes, I 0c lober 1988.

Rnnpr H: i r r ie- t 'MaSteIS of Real ism." Thei \ v Y v r

$!g1.!egg! (New Jersey), 2 October 1988.Pa rag raph i n a r t i c i e i n "Book l i ' l o rLd "

sect ion of The Waghinqton Post , 9 October 1988,

Max Davidson. "Dog Days in Par is . " TheDailLTeleqraph, 29 0etober 1988.

B r i a n M a r t i n . " 5 e x 0 b j e c t s a n dCbject ions." The Spectator , 1? November 1988'pp . 4 t -44 " Th i s rev iew a l so d i scusses 0 -L i terate Passion: Let ters of Anais Nin and HenrvMLILer, 1932-51, edited by Gunther Stuhlman' andThe MeCiterranean Sllore: Travels_in L-awrenceDurrell Cquntry.

V i v i a n G o r n i c k " " M a s t e r s o f S e l f -Cono ra r -u la t i on . " The New York T imes BookReview, 20 November 1988, pp. 3 and 47,

Alan BoId. "Books of the Year." t n eGlasqow Herald, 3 December 1988.

Geof f rey Moore. "Durre l l and His ldof""I 9 f5 -80 , ed i t ed by I an S . MacN iven , l 98B

Financia l T imes, 3 December 1988.Rochel le Lynn Hol t . "A Var iety of Bcoks as

Chr j -s tmas Gi f ts . " The Pi lo l (Southern Pines,North Carol i .na) , 12 December 1988, p. 3-8.

Roger Lewis. "Just Good Pen Pals. ' r Purch,6 January 1989, p, 42.

Review under the "Readings" sect ion o lAnais: An Internat ional Journal , Vo. l . r lme 7, !989,

* Durre l l is ment ioned on fcur teen pages ofLeon Lewis 's Henrv Mi l ler : The Major Wr i t inqs-(New York: Schocken Books, 1985, $I9.95) .

* An lndian nell lspaper of l1 October L987conta ins I 'The DulreLls of Jamshedpur" by J.K.Jha. This focuses on LD's father , LawrenceSarnuel , and h is engineer ing career .

x In "Fabled Alexandr ia Looks Back wi th Angera t ' E u r o p e a n ' P a s t " ( t h a v e a c o p y o f t h i sthree-column article dated 24 December 1987 thatseems to have been reprinted from the New YorkTiqes) , AIan Cowel l c i tes responses of var iousA l e x a n d r i a n s t c D u l l e l l r s Q u a r " " e t i n h i sexaminat ion of modern Alexandr ia. inc luded is aquotation of LDS member Soad SobhT rr,rho statesthar- " ldestern percept ions have be=n molded by afa l se v i s i o r o f t l - ' e Eas t as a p lace o i ' escape ,q c y r , l i I . i n o n n e r n a l n ^ - ^ ^ ^ i ^ 1 m . , - + ^ n , , ! l l- r L A U q f r I L U , ' u u o r r u p g I C l l i l I C l l l l l y 5 L C r y .

* The Booster./DeLtaNexus: Henry I ' l i11er andHis Friends_ in the Lilerarv- |r ' lorl-l j of Paris andLondon on the Eve of the S_econd inlorl-ci hJar i.s aPh.D. d isser tat ion by Patr ick l ' lansur Fre iherrPraetor ius von Richthofen (Univers i iy of Durham,1987). There is much informal ion about Durre l lin th is 914-page work. The Delos Press p lans topubl ish i t in a l imi ted edi t ion.

, ( In Au bcn v ieux temps des masets: La

maset iers (Nlmes: Edi t ions Lacour, I987, FF.I 0 0 ) b y J e a n - C h a r I e s L h e u r e u x , t h e r e a r ement ions o l Durre] l and one ohoto of LD andHenry Mi l ler .

* Du r re I l i s r e fe r red to once (and theDurrell conference in Baltimore in the Notes) inR e e d f ' r a y D a s e n b r o c k ' s a r t i c l e " E n E I i s hDepar lment Geography" (Profession 87, The ModernLanguage Associat ion of Amer ica, 1987, pp. 53-

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* There are a couple of references to Durrellin the preface by Fr6d6r ic-Jacques Temple to theFrench t ranslat ion of Richard Ald ington 's DeathoL a He ro (Mor t d ' un h6 ros , A r l es : Ac tes Su r ,1987, FF.L49), On the back cover the edl tors ofAc tes Su r , Hube r t Nyssen and Be r t rand Py 'ment ion the v j . r tual boycot l o f Ald i .ngtonrs worksaf ler h is publ icat ion of Lawrence of Arabia(Lawrence_l ' imposteur) in 1955 and expla in that .they have issued th is new edi t ion of Herc inorder to redress th is in just ice and to showtnat , "comme I 'dcr iva i t Lawrence Durre l l , ' [or t

drun h6ros est en v6r i t6 le mei l leur rornan deguerre de notre 6poque. ' t '

* "As wa te r i n to l anquaqe f l ow inq " : TheLawrence Durre l l Papers at Southern I l l ino isUnivers i tv _Carbondale by Shel ley Cox is thecata logue of lhe Durre l l exhib i t a l SIU in Apr iLi988. See "Bib l j "ophi les ' Shel f ' r above.

* There is one ment ion of Durre l l in t t tecatatogue Hans. Reichel for the Reichel exhibitthat uras heLd at the Solomon R. GuggenheimMuseum in \ew York, 5 l" ' iayi t-c 19 iune l98B'

* r rFocus on Pa leokas l r i t sa , " cn p . l 0 o f t heCorfu Ne_w_g r:f June t9BB, quotes Durrell on thep robab i l i t y o f Pa leokasL r i l sa be ing the n lacewhere Odysseus v'las washed up after his ship-wreck.

* In "Love Let ters of a Sexual Revolut ionary"(The lndependeq! , I5 July I98E), John Wlndsorh/r i tes about the Durre l l Archive to be auct ioneont snt l rph ' ; 's on 2 l Jr r l v - hr , f cnncenLrates on lhe" int i rnate le t ters to [ourre l lJ f rom Mi] ler 'sl .ast wi fe, the Japanese n ight-c lub p ianis t ands inge r F iok i Tokuoa , and f rom the Amer i canae l ress B renda Venus , who rev i ved M i l l " e r ' sf ' r a a a i a n i n i 4 ^ i n t h o f i n a l v e a r s n f h i S L i f e . "r r q g g r l r u r l u a u u f r r L r r L r f r t s r J v q ! J v ' r r r

* Amos €10n, in "Let ter From Alexandr ia" (TheNew Yorke l , 18 . l u1y 1988 , pp . t+2 -51 ) , desc r i bespresent-day Alexandria and the Islamj.c revivaln r : c r r r r i n n t l ' e r e e s o e c i a l l v n r r t a l s n i n r h e r e s te r y v e + s 4 f ,

o f Egypt and g ives a good capsule h is tory of thecity. He sums up a paragraph about Durrell andThe Alglanqr:le__]Quer Le'L lhus: r 'One has to seeAlexandr ia to real ize that in the 'Quartet 'Durre l l drew an innei landscape--h is own" (45) .E lon que ' s t i ons LD 's no te i n Jus t i ne wh i chassures the reader thal the characters areinvented but " the c i ty is reaf . r '

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* In 'rBuyers Are Backward in Coming Forwards"{ The T n r r t r npn . l pn t ?2 l r , l v I qAR) ne fa }d i ne\ .t_l:_-_*l-_Y:_E:l-jY:.j_-:! -- vef r L/ev / ,

No rman repo r t s t ha t ' r Lau rence I s i c l Du r re l ] ' sat temot to sel l h is archives a: rd hork ing l ibrarya f S n t h c h v r c v p q t e r d e v w A s a f l n n , T F r eauct ioneer s tar ted the b idding at b20,000 andthat was where i t s toDoed. t '

* A beautifr..r l l i tt le book of poems by MaryAnn Lark in accompanied by A. Brockie Stevenson'spaint ings and Chad Evans l l lyat t 's photos has beenpub l i shed by Ca ro ] 0 . A l l en (P .0 . Box 747 ,'Val ley Forge, Pennsylvania l948l ) . ! ! i5 [g-CJapboar9 ( f988) conta j "ns "The Blue Dog Dish,A l he r t e rq Ho r r qF - | Awron r .F f t r r r p l I A r . l Pa tT iepepper" ; th is poem uses LD's ear ly days inCyprus as a point of reference.

* I n an a r t i c l e ( " 'Du r re l l i n Russ ia ' : TheTravels of 2 Natura1ists , " T ie \ew Ylrk J imes,l l 0c tobe r i 988 , p . C26 ) Oesc r i b i ng . -na l l - pa r tser ies cf Gerald ano Lee Durre l l 's expedi t ion toRi:ssia t.hat ulas shor,'rn on East Ccast TV lastfa]1, John J. l l 'Ccnrror in t rcduces Gerald asfo- l lows: " In addi t ion to being the brother ofL r r r r : : c e , L l e r o v e l i s l , r 4 r . D u r r e , l - i s a ninternat j "onal ly renol r rned natu ia l is t , . "

* A rev iew of the Arena Stage Product ion ofPi randel- Io 's Six ! \ l rac lers i ,n Search qf anAsl iq ! , d i rected by L i -v iu Cui le : iast auiumn,h p n e n w ' i r h t h p f n l I . r " ' i n n ' t r t ̂ i l , T p i . p D u f f e } lU g g u ! | | v l r v l l f | l v |

wr i t ing in h is Alex;rndr ia Quelr ,et sa id 'Theree rc ac r ranv f r r r+hs as t hp re a re npnn le , I I nt h i s h e w a s n n l v e r . h n i r c I r r i n i P i r a n r r : r l I o w h oshows you much the same idea j-n the flesh in Six-C.nglgqlers ln 5qq!!h of qn Author, a play whichra ised an incredib l -e luckus at i ts premibre inthe I920s and was something of a path i inder forthe l ikes of Becket . i - , Brecht , and Ionesco.r 'This rev iew r^as in a GeorEetown (htashington,D .C . ) newspaper , p ro i : ab l y i n Oc tobe r 1988 .

* r i reham Hr rnhpq . i n ' rFa l , l Hnnar+-n a t F ranc iSKy ie" (Ar ts Rev iew [ :ondon] , ca . Novernber 1988,n R I R ) e l i c n r : c c e c F l n n r r f h r c F V h i h i + i ^ nP . 9 t t J / t U f J L U J J C J r I U V O r l r r J G A r r f U f L f U i r t' tTravel -s in Lawrence Durre l l Country," that wasa t t t r e Ky le Ga l l e r y l as t f a l l ( i t e rded IDecember) . Hogart l - r t racked down many cf theDlaces LD v is i ted and wrote about in h is novelsand travel books. Ninety-one ta;atercolors hJereon v iew--more than are in The Medj terrqneqn!!glq_, whose publ-ication coincideo with the artshow. Hughes f inds ' ra great par tnership between

H o g a r t h a n d D u i r e l l - . H o g a r t h i seconomica l o f l i r e , wha t Du r re l l ca ] l s Hoga r th ' s'bLj . the anc tender l ine, backed wi th seraphicc o i . o u r i n E ' . D u r r e l l P r e f e r s t h ec o m p l i c a t e d c c n v o i u t i o n s o f a l l e g o r y a n d^ r 1 , . ^ - ' ^ ^ ^ - n i ^ ^ - €i r c t j n s n j r o r i h v t h e l U S hd f l u ) l . r ' r i J c r , l o p J I r r J L f r r J H r i e u u yr r o n o f e f i n n n f t h t r N i l c T n n p i h c r t h e v : r r )v 9 9 C L q L r ! r r L ' l

; - - - . ^ j ^ + i H 1 ^ f , , a . . , ^ ^ . , ^ ^ ^ . ^ , ^ i c a n dJ . I I g 5 l 5 L l u L t r t r U l r r r U r l l r y t ' r u ) u q r 9

beau t i f u l . ' l

x Robin Rook calls for a one-volume editionof the Quincunx noveLs in ' rLawlence Durre l l 'sUndervaLued lv laster-Work" ( The Spectator , 2 .1January I9E9, p. 40+). He quotes a statement LDm a k e s i n T h e M e d i t e r r a n e a n S h o r e : " ' T h es t ruc tu re o f t he Qu in te ! i s ve ry ca re fu l l yconceived because i t has to be st rong enough toca r r y " t f i e vo l t age " o f t he i deas - - l i ke anelectr ic cable conduct ing the massive fo i :ce ofe lect r ic : iy , " ' and states " th is can only befu l1y appreciatec j i f the f ive novels are read asone. ' r F le bel ieves the Br i t ish have not g iventhe nove l s - - i r e c r i i i ca l app rec ia t i on t r ey re i i tbecaus,e rhey were pubi ished o ' r 'er a per icd of tenyears. "An omnibus edi t j .on is overdue"" (Rob" inRr:ok wrote the in t roduct i .ons tc Durre l l 's r roveisand t ravel bcoks thai a ie inc luded i .n TheMediterrqfean Sholq. )

* QgjJ!!ijl_l_lg__Ue! bV Arternis Cooper waspubi is f 'ed in February f989 by Hamish Haml l tcn(England). t have not seen the book ' but assumethal Dur ie l l is ment icned.

* Page i o f the March 1989 Department c lEnqt ish Newslet ter edi ted by Bet ty Mi tchel l a tSouthern iL l ino is Univers i ty at Carbondale g ivesa one-paragraph repr:rt on the Durre]l conferenceoi l l r -15 Apr i l 1988. There is aLso a photo ofRichard Fine g iv ing lhe banquet address andFrank Kersnowski l is tening.

* Richerd Aldinqton: A Bllgrgplry by CharlesDoyle is either available nobr or about to appearl n , r n l i s h p r t i n B l i r e ' - L r r ^ - ^ - : 1 r - ^ ^ ^ J l n t h e- - - - - l l l U Y l ' l d l i l l l a l d r I o ' l L

U .5 . oy Sou the rn I l l i no i s Un i ve rs i l y P rc ' ss ) .DurreLl feaiures in the book.

* In a for t i rcoming (cr iecent ly or ;b i ished)boo< o f C .P . Snow 's co r respondence a re two j absat Durre l ] . Cn z+ Apl iJ" 1950, Snow conf ided h isfeei ings aboul LD to Nolman Podhoretz: "Dutre l " ioovioui l l ' i las an abnormal ly h igr verbal fac iJ i tyand sense sf the dash and at lack of the rcrnant ic

ar l j -s ts ' ( l ike Henry Mi- l }er) whom he admires andmodels h imsel l upon. But I am sure that he lsintei. iectr:aIJ.y bogtrs, and in any sense in whichI can use the words I don' t bel ieve he isar t is t ica l ly ser ious. I shal l be surpr ised i fthis is not a cornmon view in a few years.rl

In a 28 March 1951 let ter to George Ste inerin which he pra ised Ste iner 's new book, TheDeath of Traqedy, Snoh/ wrote: i lyou are a greatman, and there has been no cr i t j_c ism l ike th isin our t ime. I don, t th ink you are a lwaysr ight . Some of the th ings you say aboutlanguage lead you into what seem to me perversejudgments, such as your opin ion of Durre l l , whoI am sure i .s hol low ins ide."

x Nat ional Publ ic Radio 's hJqeh EnC Ed$&l ofI5 January L989 had a repor t about GeraidDurre l l 's zoo on Jersey. I t began wi th GeraldDurre l l - 's s [atenrent ( the only t ime h is voice wason a i r ) : "My b ro the r Lan / rence wr i t es l o rposter i ly . but I wr i te for money. I t prov idesme wi lh lhe wherewi thal to do the th inqs Ireal ly l ike doing. ' ,

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NON-RECEN"I DURRELLIANA ( i beli,eve these are notment ioned in the st ,andard b ib l iographj .es) :

* Marcel- Rouf f ' s The Passionale Ep j.cure: l jrVie_et 1a Passion de Do_din-Bouffant, Gourmelt rans- lat -ed by Clauoe wi th a preface by Durre l l ,which was publ ished by Faber and Faber in 1961,was a lso publ ished by E.P. Dut ton (New york) in1962.

x Durre l l 's "The Ghost Tra in i l f rom Espr i t de-Corps was inc luded in Bennet t Cerf 's Take &lonqTreasurL edited by Leonora Hornblow and BennettCerf , Garden Ci ty , New York: Doubleday, L963,pages I l4- I40.

* In Jacques Durand's t 'Ludo Chardenon, ledompteur de 's imples" ' there is a shor t accountof how Chardenon cured DurreLl 's eczema. Thisi s f o u n d i n C o n n a i s s a n c e d u p a y s d ' 0 c( l '4ontpel" l ier ) , No. 48 (Mars, /Avr i l l9B1 ) , pp. :5-60 . I nc luded a re seve ra l good pho tos o fChardenon (none of LD).

lHE DURRTLL CIRCLE:

* A new French edi t ion of Richard Ald ington 'sDeath of A_Hero was issued in 1987 (see above).His t ranslat ion of Choder los De Lacios 's LesLia isgns Canoereuses uvas re issued as an Arkpape rback a t $5 .95 i n 1988 . ( I n N .Y . t he f i lmo f Les L ia i sons danqe reuses has been ve rypopular th is spr ing.) Char les Doyle 's RichardAld inqton: A.Bioqraphy shouid be in bookstoresnow or arr iv ing soon (see above). Ald ingtonf inal ly does seem to be making a comeback.

* Le'Lterg_ bv Henrv Miller to Hoki TokudaMiI ler , compi led and edi ted by Joyce Hourard,appeared in 1988 (New York: Freundl ich Books) ,

****+I wish to thank tne loJ. lowing for se^di r rgmater ia l for th is column: Cather ine Ald ington,Michael Begnai , Davic l B i l l ikopf , Roger Borren,Char I es Doyle , Margaret Dur le l l , Peggy =3x,Edi t l - r Herman, penelope Durre l l Hope, Mary Annl a r k j n . . l n n n t p 6 7 i . M a r v f , l n l l n . A n i h p : M o f t O n -Sanp r . Snad Snhhv . Re rna rd S fnnp . : n r i F lOd leJ v v l I

V i raco la" Ano soec ia l thanks to Grove Kceer fo rh is cont r ibu l ion be low.

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GROVE KOGER

RmITI(l.lAL BIH*IffiAPHIC CO'{TRIzuTIO\6

* ihe Jcurnev 's Echo by Freya Stark, wi lh an' i n t r r r d r r r t i n n h v I n . u ' A c , r p n r j n f p d i n f h q S e f i e S

"Ecco TraveLs" in September 1988 (Ecco Press,$8.95 paperback) . The Nor lon cata logue (Nortondist - r ibutes Ecco) qrrotes LD: "The Iucky reaoerwho comes f resh to her is much'uo be envied; Ican th ink of noth ing more exci . l ing than tos tumb le f o r t he f i r s t + " ime upon p rose somelodious, so energet ic ar ,d so spare. ' l

+ Fo bidden J_gurney: The Lifq of Alq{grcFaDavid-Neq-1., by Barbara Fosler and Michael Foster( H a r p e r & R o w , 1 9 8 7 , $ I 9 . 9 5 ) c o n t a i n s ar l t ^ , , . . ^ - i r l ^ ^ + ^ ^ ^ , , h 1 l - H ^ r t - ^ ^ + a t ^ ^ , . ^ A t t f q i fr u r r u d r u , o ) L . r g v u u l J S r ) g l 5 u d L d a u g u t r l _ _ _ _ - _ r

O V L U .

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* ' l-hames anci HuOSon have announced the l ' ,1aypub l i ca t i on c f E_9 lg ! , w i t h pho rog raphs byDoro thy Bohm, t ex t by l an Je f f rey , and anint roouct ion by LD. Tne pr ice is expected to oes ? 9 . 9 5 .

* Pub l i she r ' s f l i e r s f o r A l l b rey Hampto r ' sNatural Orqanic Hair and Skin Car,e car.ry arecommenda l i on f r om LD: I 'Aub rey ' s book i se x c e l l e n t , t t ' o r o u g h l y r e s e a r c n e d a n dpersuasively wr i t ten and deserves lhe at tent iono f a w ide pub l i c . " One o f t he f t i e r s a l socarr ies a recommendat ion f rom Ludc Chardenon.The book re ta i l s f o r 9 I7 .95 (pape rback ) , and i sava i l ab le f r om 0 rgan i ca P ress , 4 /+L9 Nor thManha t tan Avenue , Tampa , F1 o r i da 31 ,514"(Sorry, no merr l ion of r , lhether there 's a handl inqcharge. )

* The narrator c f "The Franklyn Palagraphs,"a story in Ramsey Campoel l 's hc l ror c l l lect ionDemor l , " by DaVl . iqh l (Satk Ci ty , w_iscoi rs in: Ark l .amH o u s e , 1 9 ] 3 ) , r e f e r s t o " t h e t e x c e l - l e n tpub l i sne r w l - ro i ed i sccve red such wr i t e r s asPLrrsewarden and Sebast ian Knighl . r ' Tne lat terrefere i - 'ce 1s presumably to tne "subject- , ' o fVLad im i r Nabokov ' s f i r s t nove1 :n EngJ . i sh , ThqReaL L i fe c f Sebast ian Kniqht .

* Lawrence Thornton 's lev i "ew oi Adol lo BioyCasares ' The Dream oL H?roes and Diarv o i t i - reEef_St$C_E& in t-he 1l December t98B issre ofthe L-os _Alqeles Times Book Review brought aresponse f rom l ia l ' ,er F. Velechovsky in Lt rc 25December issue. Velechovsky points out that theq v n n n c , i c n f f h p D r p e m n f H p r n p c q f r n n o l 1 7 a , , n r : a ^J y r r u v r f , J u r r r r c u r q c l r u ' ' r u r , J L J g v L l A E 5

thp t l r ra r tp f . an- t r 'nnc l r , : les hv sav i r :n t .ha t " t i vg- " " : L : : : : - : : : v J J s J '

w i l l ge t you 10 tha t B ioy ' s ' deb ts t o h i s o ldf r i eno and cc r l l aoo raLc r ' [ : o rge Lu i s Bo rges lcou ld / shou ld ( ? ) be ass iqned to La ! , r renceDr.rirell . "

* Chelsea House Publishers has announced aco l l ec t i on o f essays on LD i n i t s I 'Mode rn' ' r i f i ^ : l t / i c r n r c q F r i ^ ^ . r r r r - . - , , F r i ^ ^ r j_ _ _ * e s 1 . " N o p u o l l c a r l o n o a t ei s q i v e n .

* Supplemelt ! to the set Brit isfr l,r ir iterscon*"a j .ns a substant ia l essay on L0 by Kei thBrown and [4ar t in Dodswol th. The vo]ume waspubl ished by Char les Scr ibner 's Sons in l9B7 atD / ) .

Animal-s" d iscusses the BBC2 product . ion of 0 l iv iaMann ing rs Fo j ! . unes o f l ^ Ja r and the BBCIn r o d r i c t i n n o f l u l v F : m i l v : n d f l f h e r A n i m a l s :-L--::::il--_:l-:Y--_:_::i=-__'r rLawrence Durre l l makes a drunken aooearance inFortunes o l l , l 'ar as the poet 'Adr ian Cast lebar 'i / D ^ h o r + c f o n l . . a n c \ H c i n n c a T s a n a i n a s h i m s e l f\ \ v v v r r J s Q y , r L " J / . r , u u P P v q r J

(Anlnony Cal f ) , s t i l l drunk, but more amusinglyso, in My Fami lv r r Wi l l iams goes on toi i s n r , c s , ' l e i r F - r j 2 V r : U i n e O C O : f U " a S t f ' e s t r n i e n tof Ue__J&I-el__5!-e_U_Guide (BBC2). (t\ewStatesman, If November 1987, pp. 25-25.) T!lg.For tunes of h/ar is apparent ly based on Manning 'stwo ser ies The Balkan Tr i loqv and Thg LevantT r i I n n r r T h o l i e r r o r h r l l l t - r c I l 6 h ^ r l t - ^ 'j : : : : : - :4. , - Lni lL "uasLJ.eoar" appears Inonly the :second of them.

* The Janirary-February 19BB issu:e of Arafl]cqi , lgr ld (Vol . 39, No. l , pp. 2t r -3L) conta insDanie l PawLey's ar t ic le "E.M. Foi 's ter : A Passagetona rd l nd ia . r r The a r t i c l e examines Fo rs te r ' sv p a r q i r A l p y a n n r i r . : . r i . t i c i l i r , s f r : f g g w i t hcoior fu l sketches by Norman MacDonald.

+ G r e g c r y j u s d a n i s ' T h e P o e t j . c s o f C a v a f j :- - - r i - : - m r . { i q f n r v r ^ r e s n r r h l i c h e d h i ,l e A L U 4 - - t L y L E ! U L I U a 5 , r ' ! , t r r u u r y l r d o p u u J - v . , v v v J

Pr incet i :n r jn ivers i iy Press in I?87 fcr 529.

* A r i s t i de E . Ca ra t zas (New Roche i l e , N .Y . )has announced the publication of The Greek Pgqqso f C .P . Cavq i y As T ians la ted bv Memas Ko la i t i qin two volumes. Vol -ume I , The Canqn, sel ls for$35, and Volume I I , The Unissued & RepudiateCPoems, for $25, The volumes are avai lable as ase t Tc r 5 )> .

* Scolar Press has announced Edward Bawden:l i iar Ar t i i i , ed i tecJ by Ruar i Mclean, ior Spr ing1989 at about $7C. AccordinE to the pubi isher 'sr n t a . l n n r r t r r t R r w a t r n ^ ^ ^ ^ i - + ^ i O f t h eu o L o r u g u c , u q r ' v u L ' I w d 5 d P p u l l l L c u u l , c

f i rs t Of f ic ia l l {ar Ar t is ts and l las sent to jo inthe Bril ish Army in France u'rith Barnett Freedmanand Edward Ardizzone. He was evacuated safe lyv ia Dunki rk and then sent to tne Middle East ,where he spenr- tuuo years paint ing and drawing inEgyp t , L i bya , Sudan , E tn iop ia , E r i t r ea , Sy r i a ,I raq, Saudi Arabia and e lser l , rhere.r r

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