{"id":981,"date":"1992-03-13T12:39:00","date_gmt":"1992-03-13T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artherapievirtus.org\/VPI\/the-question-of-incest-in-the-laurence-durrell-affair-with-suicide-daughter-sappho\/"},"modified":"1992-03-13T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"1992-03-13T11:39:00","slug":"the-question-of-incest-in-the-laurence-durrell-affair-with-suicide-daughter-sappho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artherapievirtus.org\/VPI\/the-question-of-incest-in-the-laurence-durrell-affair-with-suicide-daughter-sappho\/","title":{"rendered":"The question of incest in the Laurence Durrell Affair with Suicide Daughter Sappho"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Susan S. MacNiven<\/p>\n

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The question of incest<\/p>\n

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\u201cDurrell Affair with Suicide Daughter Sappho\u201d is the top headline next to photos of daughter and father on the first page of the Sunday Telegraph<\/b> (London) of 26 May 1991. <\/span>\u201cThe writer Laurence Durrell had an incestuous relationship with his daughter, Sappho who may have hanged herself as a result\u201d is the first paragraph of this article by Nicholas Shakespeare, who at that time was the Telegraph\u2019s Literary Editor. <\/span>Paragraph two states this is an allegation made by Sappho\u2019s \u201cliterary executrix, Barbara Robson,\u201d whose disclosures provide the material for the article. <\/span>Sappho had told Robson and a few other friends about the incest; this seems to be the only evidence supporting the charge. <\/span>In addition to becoming Durrell’s \u201cwife,\u201d according to Robson, Sappho became, \u201cthe whore\/bitch of his novels, in which she is probably the inspiration for characters such as Pia, Sylvie and Livia.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Robson plans to publish Sapho\u2019s papers and Letters \u201cin accordance with her wishes.\u201d The object of Shakespeare’s and Robson’s sensational articles [see below] may be to sell future publications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Autre billets sur Sappho Durrell <\/span><\/span>
\u00ab\u00a0Sappho Durrell on her father, the novelist \u2013 Journals and Letters<\/span> 1991″<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/a>Incest a new perspective par Mary Hamer about Sappho Durrell<\/a>
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