Munro have argued that "the failure of serious Western critics to respond to Gibran" resulted from the fact that "his works, though for the most part originally written in English, cannot be comfortably accommodated within the Western literary tradition | The nature of their romantic relationship remains obscure; while some biographers assert the two were lovers but never married because Haskell's family objected, other evidence suggests that their relationship was never physically consummated |
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Gibran, Jean; Gibran, Kahlil; 2017 | A Treasury of Kahlil Gibran 1951• Abinader, Elmaz August 30, 2000 |
He was deeply moved by their desire to have him in their midst, but he knew that to go to Lebanon would be a grave mistake.
11'" The Maronite Patriarchate would let the rumor of his excommunication wander, but would never officially pronounce it | He is best known as the author of , which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the of all time, having been |
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Immigrant NarrativesOrientalism and Cultural Translation in Arab American and Arab British Literature | " Haskell would later marry Jacob Florance Minis in 1926, while remaining Gibran's close friend, patroness and benefactress, and using her influence to advance his career |
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