'Le Cours des devises' in Marguerite Yourcenar's 'Memoires d'Hadrien.'
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Marguerite Yourcenar's 'Memoires d'Hadrien' portrays the emperor gradually coming to accept the uncertainty of uncontrollable circulation in the form of mail, gossip, and literature. The novel mostly supports Hadrian's self-image, although the author also includes some indications of its inadequacy. The rigidity of inscriptions and formulas is contrasted with the vitality and unruliness of language in circulation.
Publication Name: The French Review
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0016-111X
Year: 1999
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Pascal Quignard et la pensee mythique
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Mythic thinking is discussed in relation to the work of Pascal Quignard. The mythic dimension of Quinard's work appears in two main modalities: one involving rewriting or meditation on myths of various cultural traditions, especially the myth of Orpheus, and the second involving a Levi-Straussian structural analysis of myths. The article text is in French.
Publication Name: The French Review
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0016-111X
Year: 2003
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