That Mighty Sculptor, Time

by MARGUERITE YOURCENAR

2021-01-01 08:42:42

This posthumously published collection of essays takes up such diverse subjects as the poet Oppian, Tantrism, the feasts of the Christian year, Durer, the Japanese studies of Ivan Morris, the erotic mysticism of the Gita-Govinda, the eternal spirit o... Read more

This posthumously published collection of essays takes up such diverse subjects as the poet Oppian, Tantrism, the feasts of the Christian year, Durer, the Japanese studies of Ivan Morris, the erotic mysticism of the Gita-Govinda, the eternal spirit of Andalusia, and Bede''s Ecclesiastical History. The title esay consider''s time''s transforming effect on arrt, meditating on the erosion of a statue and the resulting production of a new, sublime work of art.

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File size8.5 X 5.5 X 0.55 in
PublisherFarrar, Straus And Giroux
Publication date May 1, 1993
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780374523756
Marguerite Yourcenar (8 June 1903 – 17 Dec 1987) was a French novelist and essayist born in Belgium, who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the fir...

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