[Hardy-l] Homosexy Hardy

[Tony Fincham]

Re: [Hardy-l] Homosexy HardyDear Eric,

Thank - I am writing about Hardy, Proust & Beckett - I have plenty to go with Proust  - A la recherche sharing with that 
other great tomb The Holy Bible, the capacity to give the seeker whatever he wishes to find within its pages.
Plus adequate material on Beckett.

It is really Hardy - both man & literary creations - about which I was appealing for opinions.

Thanks for your reply & look forward to meeting you again in Dorchester in JUly.

Tony.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eric Christen 
  To: hardy-l at coyote.csusm.edu 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:06 AM
  Subject: Re: [Hardy-l] Homosexy Hardy



    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, 'Un amour de Swann' , 'A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs', 'La disparue' or 'La prisonnière' - 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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