Articles

Yourcenar’s Hadrian: A Pendant

Authors

  • Keith Bradley

Abstract

This essay examines material from Marguerite Yourcenar's newly published correspondence that addresses her conception of the historical novel, and in particular enhances knowledge of how her most celebrated work, Mémoires d'Hadrien, is to be understood. It complements the author's analysis of Yourcenar’s novel in his study, Marguerite Yourcenar's Hadrian: Writing the Life of A Roman Emperor (2024).

Author Biography

Keith Bradley

Keith Bradley is the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Professor of Classics at the University of Notre Dame and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria.

Published

2025-06-19

Issue

2024: AN 20, preliminary version

Section

Articles
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