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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
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Named Person: | Marguerite Yourcenar; Marguerite Yourcenar; Marguerite Yourcenar |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Josyane Savigneau |
ISBN: | 0226735443 9780226735443 |
OCLC Number: | 27640566 |
Language Note: | Translation of: Marguerite Yourcenar. |
Awards: | Lambda Literary Award, 1993 |
Description: | xvi, 527 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Part 1 -- The Name Between the Name -- 1. The Child and the Maidservants -- 2. "I don't know whether I loved that tall gentleman or not" -- 3. Early Lessons -- 4. I, the Underground, Marguerite Yourcenar -- Part 2 -- "The Wanderings" -- 5. Nomadism of the Heart and of the Mind -- 6. The Impossible Passion -- 7. Grace and Coup de Grace -- Part 3 -- Memory Recaptured -- 8. The Dark Years -- 9. Banality's Temptation -- 10. The Rediscovery of Hadrian -- 11. Petite Plaisance -- 12. First Renown -- 13. Balance -- Part 4 -- Forks in the Road -- 14. Confinement Consented To -- 15. The Abyss and Its Attendant Clashes -- 16. Public Recognition -- 17. Yourcenar, Marguerite -- 18. The Silent Piano -- Part 5 -- The Nomadic Academician -- 19. Turning Back Time -- 20. The Slipups and the "Tale of Horror" -- 21. The Final Journey -- Appendixes -- 1. Sonnet -- 2. "European Diagnosis" -- 3. "Which affords one certain fleeting glimpses" -- 4. "Self-Commentary" -- 5. The Memorial Service for Marguerite Yourcenar. |
Other Titles: | Marguerite Yourcenar. |
Responsibility: | Josyane Savigneau ; translated by Joan E. Howard. |
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Abstract:
A biography of Marguerite Yourcenar, one of the most respected writers in the French language. Drawing on letters, diaries and interviews with friends, colleagues and lovers, the text paints a portrait of an artist who lived according to her own, occasionally contrary, terms.
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