The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography (New York

The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography (New York Review Books Classics)

One day in 1925 a friend asked A. J. A. Symons if he had read Fr. Rolfe's Hadrian the Seventh. He hadn't, but soon did, and found himself entranced by the novel -- "a masterpiece"-- and no less fascinated by the mysterious person of its all-but-forgotten creator. The Quest for Corvo is a hilarious and heartbreaking portrait of the strange Frederick Rolfe, self-appointed Baron Corvo, an artist, writer, and frustrated aspirant to the priesthood with a bottomless talent for self-destruction. But this singular work, subtitled "an experiment in biography," is also a remarkable self-portrait, a study of the obsession and sympathy that inspires the biographer's art.
Country USA
Brand NYRB Classics
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 9780940322615
Color Multicolor
Height 7.95274
Length 5.03936
Weight 0.72532084198
Width 0.86614
ReleaseDate 2001-03-31
NumberOfItems 1

The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography (New York Review Books Classics)