The dark brain of Piranesi and other essays
By: Marguerite Yourcenar ; translated by Richard Howard in collaboration with the author.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Yourcenar, Marguerite -- Translations into English.
Notes: Translation of: Sous bénéfice d'inventaire.
"Humanism and occultism in Thomas Mann translated by Grace Frick in collaboration with the author."
Table of contents: title: Faces of history in the Historia Augusta; title: Agrippa d'Aubigné and Les tragiques; title: Ah, mon beau château; title: The dark brain of Piranesi; title: Selma Lagerlöf, epic storyteller; title: A critical introduction to Cavafy; title: Humanism and occultism in Thomas Mann.