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The Quest for Corvo

By Symons, A J A

The Quest for Corvo

By Symons, A J A

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One day in 1925 a friend asked A. J. A. Symons if he had read Fr. Rolfe's Hadrian the Seventh. He hadn't, but soon did, and found himself entranced by the novel -- "a masterpiece"-- and no less fascinated by the mysterious person of its all-but-forgotten creator. The Quest for Corvo is a hilarious and heartbreaking portrait of the strange Frederick Rolfe, self-appointed Baron Corvo, an artist, writer, and frustrated aspirant to the priesthood with a bottomless talent for self-destruction. But this singular work, subtitled "an experiment in biography," is also a remarkable self-portrait, a study of the obsession and sympathy that inspires the biographer's art.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
312
Release Date:
2001-03-31
Publication Date:
2001-03-31
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0940322617
ISBN13:
9780940322615
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
308 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
204 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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