LAYERS OF THE PRIVATE EPITEXT: LAWRENCE DURRELL AND PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR'S CORRESPONDENCE

The paper aims at highlighting significant episodes from the lives of Lawrence Durrel and Patrick Leigh Fermor, as reflected in their correspondence. With a focus on their concern for the craft of writing, the paper also touches some of the major political issues of the time, in the years after WWII...

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Published inStudia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia no. 1; pp. 85 - 98
Main Author Popescu, Dan Horaţiu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Targu-Mures Universitatea Petru Maior 01.01.2019
Subjects
Cold War
Durrell, Lawrence
Fermor, Patrick Leigh
Politics
World War II
Yugoslavia
Crete
England
France
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Summary:The paper aims at highlighting significant episodes from the lives of Lawrence Durrel and Patrick Leigh Fermor, as reflected in their correspondence. With a focus on their concern for the craft of writing, the paper also touches some of the major political issues of the time, in the years after WWII. The Cold War period is reffered to with letters from behind the Iron Curtain, from Patrick Leigh Fermor's first great love, the Romanian princess Balasha Cantacuzene.
ISSN:1582-9960
2286-3206