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Examine Durrell’s writing style: his use of diary entries, vignettes, and "bright splinters of landscape".

Discuss the claim made by Durrell’s circle that Corfu is the actual setting of Shakespeare's The Tempest . Prospero’s Cell: Guide to the Landscape and Man...

: Examine the contrast between the idyllic, timeless life on the island and the encroaching destruction of WWII that eventually forced the family to flee. Sample Paper Outline Examine Durrell’s writing style: his use of diary

Writing a paper on Lawrence Durrell’s offers a chance to explore one of the most evocative pieces of 20th-century "literature of residence". Unlike a standard travelogue, the book is a poetic memoir and diary-style account of Durrell's life in Corfu between 1937 and 1941, just before the outbreak of World War II. Prospero’s Cell: Guide to the Landscape and Man...