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Mémoires d'Hadrien Marguerite Yourcenar publisher: , 1951 translated as: Memoirs of Hadrian publisher: Querido, Amsterdam, januari 2005 translation: Grace / Yourcenar Frick refered to by: Virtuoso, The Margriet de Moor
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Written in the form of a testamentary letter from the Emperor Hadrian to his successor, the youthful Marcus Aurelius, this work is as extraordinary for its psychological depth as for its accurate reconstruction of the second century of our era. The author describes the book as a meditation upon history, but this meditation | is built upon intensive study of the personal and political life of a great and complex character as seen by himself and his contemporaries, both friends and enemies. Marguerite Yourcenar reconstructs Hadrian's arduous early years, his triumphs and reversals, and his gradual reordering of a war-torn world. |
| bookweb | from: Lezen&Cetera, Pieter Steinz |
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| ON MARGUERITE YOURCENAR'S BOOKSHELF 'In Search of Lost Time' Marcel Proust, 1913-1927 The Magic Mountain Thomas Mann, 1924 Death in Venice Thomas Mann, 1911 The Immoralist André Gide, 1904 Historia Augusta Multiple authorship? Single authorship?, late 3rd, early 4th century? late 4th century? | BOOKS BY MARGUERITE YOURCENAR: Memoirs of Hadrian 1951 Hadrian, approaching death, writes a long valedictory letter to the young Marcus Aurelius, next-but-one in the line of succession. Hadrian describes his accession and explains the philosophy that informed his rule over the powerful and far-flung Empire. | WHAT TO READ AFTER MEMOIRS OF HADRIAN? CLASSICS ABOUT THE 'CLASSICAL' Salammbo Gustave Flaubert, 1862 Ancient Evenings Norman Mailer, 1983 [Iskander: de roman van Alexander den Groote] Louis Couperus, 1920 LOOKING BACK ON A FULL LIFE Creation Gore Vidal, 1981 God Knows Joseph Heller, 1983 The Double Tongue William Golding, 1995 WHEN IN ROME... [De nadagen van Pilatus] S. Vestdijk, 1938 The Kingdom of the Wicked Anthony Burgess, 1985 The Death of Virgil Hermann Broch, 1945 I, Claudius Robert Graves, 1934 The Ides of March Thornton Wilder, 1948 [Terentia] Adelheid van Beuningen, 1999 |
| Alexis 1929 | ||
| A Coin in Nine Hands 1934 Set in Rome in 1933, the central tale of this book tells of a failed attempt to assassinate Mussolini. Around it are woven the stories of nine characters, drawing a series of portraits of Roman life, and revealing the influence of the dictator. | ||
| Oriental Tales 1938 Philosophical retellings of Chinese, Japanese and Indian fables. | ||
| Coup de grâce | ||
| The Abyss 1968 The life of an imaginary physician, Zeno of Bruges, this novel reflects Yourcenar's fascination with the occult. | ||
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