Durrell and the City
Donald P. Kaczvinsky
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Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Durrell and the City commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Alexandria Quartet with a collection of fourteen new essays by a group of international scholars and critics. The collection provides a critical consideration of Durrell's urban landscapes, from the London of his early novels to Avignon during World War II in his last great series, while focusing on the place that made him famous—the city of Alexandria—in order to provide a reassessment of his career and achievement.
Durrell and the City commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Alexandria Quartet with a collection of fourteen new essays by a group of international scholars and critics. The collection provides a critical consideration of Durrell's urban landscapes, from the London of his early novels to Avignon during World War II in his last great series, while focusing on the place that made him famous—the city of Alexandria—in order to provide a reassessment of his career and achievement.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611474534
SKU
V9781611474534
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99-15
About Donald P. Kaczvinsky
Donald P. Kaczvinsky is the George E. Pankey Eminent Scholar in English and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Louisiana Tech University. He has written extensively on twentieth-century British literature, including articles on James Joyce, Alasdair Gray, Graham Swift, and especially Lawrence Durrell. He is ex-president of the International Lawrence Durrell Society.
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