Panic Spring
1937 Lawrence Durrell novel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Panic Spring is a novel by Lawrence Durrell, published in 1937 by Faber and Faber in Britain and Covici-Friede in the United States under the pseudonym Charles Norden. It is set on a fictional Greek Island, Mavrodaphne, in the Ionian Sea somewhere between Patras, Kephalonia, and Ithaca. The island, however, resembles Corfu strongly, and in at least one inscribed copy of the novel, Durrell includes a map of Corfu identified as Mavrodaphne.
Author | Lawrence Durrell |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Faber and Faber (UK) Covici-Friede (US) |
Publication date | 1937 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Preceded by | Pied Piper of Lovers |
Followed by | The Black Book |
The novel progresses through multiple perspectives in the successive chapters, each focusing on a different character. As a whole, the novel shows Durrell's myriad influences of this period, ranging from Remy de Gourmont to Richard Aldington, D. H. Lawrence, and several Elizabethan writers.