A Psychoanalytic Study of Lawrence Durrells The Alexandria Q... - 9780367584931

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A Psychoanalytic Study of Lawrence Durrells The Alexandria QuartetExile and Return\nAuthor(s): Rony Alfandary\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367584931, 978-0367584931\nSynopsis\nA Psychoanalytic Study of Lawrence Durrells The Alexandria Quartet: Exile and Return focuses on the dialogue created by literature and psychoanalysis in an individuals quest to explore existential issues, such as a sense of belonging to a homeland and a recurring sense of the Uncanny (das unheimliche). Rony Alfandary explores Durrells attempt to recreate a sense of belonging to a homeland, which perhaps never existed but can be retraced and reinvented through writing.\n\nThis book studies some issues present in Durrells work: \n\n the connection between biographical and fictional elements in the study of literature\n\n the influence of early Freudian theoretical themes upon the writer\n\n later influences including post-modern and herm.