{"product_id":"marguerite-yourcenars-hadrian-writing-the-life-of-a-roman-emperor-9781487548810","title":"Marguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian: Writing the Life of a Roman Emperor","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarguerite Yourcenar is best known as the author of the 1951 novel \u003cem\u003eM?moires d'Hadrien\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eM?moires\u003c\/em\u003e has a claim to historical authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMarguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian\u003c\/em\u003e, Keith Bradley explains how \u003cem\u003eM?moires d'Hadrien\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cem\u003eM?moires d'Hadrien\u003c\/em\u003e is as it is, \u003cem\u003eMarguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates how imaginative literary recreation is often little different from historical speculation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Bradley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Phoenix Supplementary Volumes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487548810","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158965059721,"sku":"9781487548810","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_454aa1b3-0659-481c-a050-afbd4b3f256b.jpg?v=1732613006","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/marguerite-yourcenars-hadrian-writing-the-life-of-a-roman-emperor-9781487548810","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}