The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography (New York Review Books Classics) by A.J.A. Symons; Introduction-A.S. Byatt - 2001-03-12

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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.

NYRB Classics. Near Fine. 2001. Paperback. 0940322617 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; New York Review Books Classics; 7.9 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 312 pages .

New York: New York Review Books, 2001. Paperback. pp. 289. 8vo. Light shelfwear, owner's name to recto front cover; very good-.

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