The dark brain of Piranesi and other essays / Marguerite Yourcenar ; translated by Richard Howard in collaboration with the author
1985, First Edition. New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #404374
ISBN: 0374177090
Physical description: 231 pages ; 22 cm. Contents: Faces of history in the Historia Augusta -- Agrippa d'Aubigné and Les tragiques -- Ah, mon beau château -- The dark brain of Piranesi -- Selma Lagerlöf, epic storyteller -- A critical introduction to Cavafy -- Humanism and occultism in Thomas Mann. Subjects: Yourcenar, Marguerite Translations into English; Yourcenar, Marguerite; Piranesi, Giovanni Battista 1720-1778; French essays 20th century; French essays; General essays in French English texts; General essays in French.
Price: €125.00