Description: Marguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian: Writing the Life of a Roman Emperor (Phoenix Supplementary Volumes) [Hardcover] Bradley, Keith Product Overview Marguerite Yourcenar is best known as the author of the 1951 novel Mémoires d’Hadrien, her recreation of the life of the Roman emperor Hadrian. The work can be examined from the perspective of the issues raised by writing Roman imperial biography at large and the many ways in which Mémoires has a claim to historical authenticity. In Marguerite Yourcenar’s Hadrian, Keith Bradley explains how Mémoires d’Hadrien came to be written, gives details of Yourcenar’s own biography, and describes some of the intricate historical problems that her novel’s portrait of Hadrian presents. He draws on Yourcenar’s correspondence, her interviews with journalists, and her literary corpus as a whole, emphasizing Yourcenar’s profound knowledge of the ancient evidence on which her life of Hadrian is based and exploiting a wide range of contemporary Yourcenarian criticism. The book pays special attention to the methods by which Yourcenar believed Hadrian’s life history to be recoverable, compares examples of modern life-writing, and contrasts the procedures of conventional Roman biographers. Revealing how and why Mémoires d’Hadrien is as it is, Marguerite Yourcenar’s Hadrian illustrates how imaginative literary recreation is often little different from historical speculation. Read more Details Publisher : University of Toronto Press (February 23, 2024) Language : English Hardcover : 488 pages ISBN-10 : 1487548818 ISBN-13 : 10 Item Weight : 1.95 pounds Dimensions : 6.2 x 1.5 x 9.2 inches Best Sellers Rank: #3,108,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,006 in French Literary Criticism (Books) #1,019 in Ancient Rome Biographies #1,439 in Historical France Biographies #1,006 in French Literary Criticism (Books) #1,019 in Ancient Rome Biographies We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 1487548818
ISBN10: 1487548818
ISBN13: 9781487548810
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Brand: University of Toronto Press
GTIN: 09781487548810
Number of Pages: 479 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Marguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian : Writing the Life of a Roman Emperor
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication Year: 2024
Subject: Ancient / Rome, Ancient & Classical, Historical
Item Height: 1.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 26.9 Oz
Author: Keith Bradley
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes Ser.
Format: Hardcover
