A Psychoanalytic Study of Lawrence Durrells The Alexandria Quartet: Exile and Return focuses on the dialogue created by literature and psychoanalysis in an individuals quest to explore existential issues, such as a sense of belonging to a homeland and a recurring sense of the Uncanny (das unheimliche). Rony Alfandary explores Durrells attempt to recreate a sense of belonging to a homeland, which perhaps never existed but can be retraced and reinvented through writing.
This book studies some issues present in Durrells work:
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