Keith Bradley

Marguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian

Writing the Life of a Roman Emperor

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a critical appreciation of Marguerite Yourcenar's historical novel MÃ moires dâ Hadrien as an authentic portrait of a Roman emperor.

Produktdetails

• Phoenix Supplementary Volumes
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 479
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9781487548810
• ISBN-10: 1487548818
• Artikelnr.: 67741550

Autorenporträt

Keith Bradley is the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and an adjunct professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Authenticity Pursued
3. Authenticity Filtered
4. The Rules of the Game
5. The Accession
6. Antinous
7. The Jewish War
8. Rise and Fall
9. The Isle of Achilles
10. Residue
Notes
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index