The dark brain of Piranesi and other essays

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The dark brain of Piranesi and other essays by Marguerite Yourcenar, Marguerite Yourcenar
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Language
English, French
Pages
231

Previews available in: English

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The dark brain of Piranesi and other essays
1984, Farrar, Straus, Giroux
in English and French

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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Translation of: Sous bénéfice d'inventaire.
"Humanism and occultism in Thomas Mann translated by Grace Frick in collaboration with the author."

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
848/.91209
Library of Congress
PQ2649.O8 S6713 1984,

The Physical Object

Pagination
231 p. ;
Number of pages
231

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2851483M
Internet Archive
darkbrainofpiran00your
ISBN 10
0374177090
LCCN
84013809
OCLC/WorldCat
11043552
LibraryThing
234033
Goodreads
372721

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15088155W

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