That Mighty Sculptor, Time - by Marguerite Yourcenar (Paperback)

Name: That Mighty Sculptor, Time - by Marguerite Yourcenar (Paperback)
Brand: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
SKU: 90807662
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This posthumously published collection of essays takes up such diverse subjects as the poet Oppian, Tantrism, the feasts of the Christian year, Durer, the Japanese studies of Ivan Morris, the erotic mysticism of the Gita-Govinda, the eternal spirit of Andalusia, and Bede's Ecclesiastical History.
About the Author: Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) wrote plays, stories, poems, and novels, notable Memoirs of Hadrian.
240 Pages
Literary Collections, Essays

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This posthumously published collection of essays takes up such diverse subjects as the poet Oppian, Tantrism, the feasts of the Christian year, Durer, the Japanese studies of Ivan Morris, the erotic mysticism of the Gita-Govinda, the eternal spirit of Andalusia, and Bede's Ecclesiastical History. The title esay consider's time's transforming effect on arrt, meditating on the erosion of a statue and the resulting production of a new, sublime work of art.

About the Author

Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) wrote plays, stories, poems, and novels, notable Memoirs of Hadrian. She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.72 Inches (H) x 6.04 Inches (W) x .61 Inches (D)

Weight: .69 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 240

Genre: Literary Collections

Sub-Genre: Essays

Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl

Format: Paperback

Author: Marguerite Yourcenar

Language: English

Street Date: May 1, 1993

TCIN: 90807662

UPC: 9780374523756

Item Number (DPCI): 247-40-5838

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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