[Hardy-l] Homosexy Hardy

[Eric Christen]

>  
> One of the difficulties I am facing is that Love in Proust is largely - if not
> exclusively - homosexual;
> love in Beckett is covertly - if not overtly - homosexual : I cannot use the
> word "gay" for Samland.
>  
    Tony, is your research mainly about Hardy the man or about characters
and situations in his literary works? In either case I cannot help you, but
I used to be familiar with Proust: we know that he was a homosexual, but in
his main work, LA RECHERCHE, ŒUn amour de Swann¹ , ŒA l¹ombre des jeunes
filles en fleurs¹, ŒLa disparue¹ or ŒLa prisonnière¹ - not to mention JEAN
SANTEUIL and other works, Love is heterosexual love. I wonder if  you have
come across a book on Proust written in French and possibly in English by a
friend of mine, Edward Bizub (I forget the title). Forgive me for the titles
in French. 
    Anyway, good luck with your extra-ordinary research: I am looking
forward to hearing and reading more about it.
    Eric
    
 
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