Panic Spring
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| Panic Spring | |
| Author | Lawrence Durrell |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Publication date | 1937 |
| Media type | Print (Harcover) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | Pied Piper of Lovers |
| Followed by | The Black Book |
Panic Spring is a novel by Lawrence Durrell, published in 1937 by Faber & Faber under the pseudonym Charles Norden. It is set on a fictional Greek Island, Mavrodaphne, in the Ionian Sea somewhere between Patras, Kephalonia, and Ithaca. The island, however, resembles Corfu strongly, and in at least one inscribed copy of the novel, Durrell includes a map of Corfu identified as Mavrodaphne.
The novel progresses through multiple perspectives in the successive chapters, each focusing on a different character. As a whole, the novel shows Durrell's myriad influences of this period, ranging from Remy de Gourmont to Richard Aldington, D. H. Lawrence, and several Elizabethan writers.
