"We met in Paris" : Grace Frick and her life with Marguerite Yourcenar / Joan E Howard.
"The distinguished French author Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) is known to English-language readers all over the world thanks to the compelling translations of a native Missourian, Grace Marian Frick. Frick, raised by a prominent Kansas City family, was a doctoral student in English literatu...
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Frequently Cited Works by Marguerite Yourcenar; Preface; Prologue; Chapter 1: The Early Years; Chapter 2: Wellesley College; Chapter 3: Pursuing the Academic Life; Chapter 4: Time Out; Chapter 5: Incipit Vita Nova; Chapter 6: Passage to America; Chapter 7: Separation; Chapter 8: Interlude; Chapter 9: Dean Frick; Chapter 10: Echoes of the War; Chapter 11: Extracurricular Activities; Chapter 12: Locking Horns; Chapter 13: Best-Laid Plans; Chapter 14: A Gift from Jacques Kayaloff; Chapter 15: The Life Their Wishes Never Led.
- Chapter 16: The Saga of Emily HallChapter 17: Brooks Cottage; Chapter 18: Paris, France; Chapter 19: In Collaboration with the Author; Chapter 20: On the Road Again; Chapter 21: Continuing the Journey; Chapter 22: Home Sweet Home; Chapter 23: Coup de Grâce; Chapter 24: To a Far Country; Chapter 25: Travels and Travails Foreign and Domestic; Chapter 26: The Wages of Success; Chapter 27: Three Crossings; Chapter 28: Battling over L'OEuvre au Noir; Chapter 29: Dear Departed; Chapter 30: Grace Bashing Begins; Chapter 31: Round Two; Chapter 32: Offerings to Neptune and Hermes.
- Chapter 33: One More Midnight SunChapter 34: Surcease; Chapter 35: Coda; Epilogue: In Memoriam; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.