Marguerite Yourcenar, from Japan to the Motherland: The Oceanic Lack and the Wave of Time

Marguerite Yourcenar’s reputation was built on philologically inspired novels featuring heroes of the Western tradition, such as the emperor Hadrian in Mémoires d’Hadrien and the partly invented figure of Zénon Ligre in L’Oeuvre au noir. Less known is Yourcenar’s interest in Japanese culture, which,...

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Main Author: Alessandro Giardino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The International Academic Forum 2018-12-01
Series:IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
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Online Access:https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-literature-and-librarianship/volume-7-issue-1/article-3/