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Renault, Mary
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Renault, Mary, pseud. of Mary Challens, 1905–83, English novelist, b. London. After receiving her nursing degree in 1936, she emigrated to South Africa. She was best-known for her historical novels about ancient Greece and Rome, including The King Must Die (1958), The Mask of Apollo (1966), Fire from Heaven (1970), and The Persian Boy (1973). Renault's works often revolve around homosexuality and the struggles of men and women to forge a sexual identity; this struggle is the central focus of The Charioteer (1955), a study of soldiers in World War II, widely regarded as her finest novel.

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See studies by P. Wolfe (1969) and B. F. Dick (1972).
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To the Editor: I enjoyed Alan Brady Conrath's essay on Mary Renault in the May-June issue.
Renault vs. Yourcenar on Greek love by Harmon, Paul / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
Mary Renault is an enduring literary superstar, and not just because of her addictive way with a story.
Before she went Greek: novelist Mary Renault threw her own gay ... by Dehnart, Andy / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Avrom Fleishman, who considers Mary Renault to be one of the finest historical novelists of the century, thinks that her skill at recreating an ancient sense of the sacred is such that readers are enabled 'to recognize the ritual drama of the Cretan bull dance in the way we recognize our own myths and communal passions'.
The English novel in the twentieth century: 7 the numinous in modern ... by Arthur, Chris / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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