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We Met in Paris : Grace Frick and Her Life with Marguerite Yourcenar by Joan E. Howard (2018, Hardcover)

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PublisherUniversity of Missouri Press

ISBN-100826221556

ISBN-139780826221551

eBay Product ID (ePID)240180640

Product Key Features

Number of Pages418 Pages

Publication NameWe Met in Paris : Grace Frick and Her Life with Marguerite Yourcenar

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

SubjectCultural Heritage, General, Women's Studies, Literary, Translating & Interpreting, LGBT

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorJoan E. Howard

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight30.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-050790

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"In this remarkable and essential first biography of Grace Frick, Joan E. Howard paints the figure of a twentieth century woman eager to promote women's education and to defend civil rights; a woman passionate about literature who became the indefatigable translator of the works of her lover, the French writer Marguerite Yourcenar. Against the clichés spread by many of Yourcenar's biographers, Howard does justice to the relationship between the two women, to the life they chose to build together, and gives us a deeper understanding of their entwined literary careers."-- Béatrice Mousli , University of Southern California, author of Susan Sontag, "A very engaging and thought-provoking portrayal of Grace Frick, who she was as a person and how she worked with and for Marguerite Yourcenar to construct their life together and create the environment that allowed works like Memoirs of Hadrian to come into being."-- F rancesca Counihan , Maynooth University, author of L'Autorité dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Marguerite Yourcenar, "We will henceforth be obliged to count this biography of Grace Frick in the forefront of biographies of Marguerite Yourcenar."-- Brengre Deprez , Editor at Presses universitaires de Louvain, author of Marguerite Yourcenar and the USA: From Prophecy to Protest, "We will henceforth be obliged to count this biography of Grace Frick in the forefront of biographies of Marguerite Yourcenar."-- Bérengère Deprez , Editor at Presses universitaires de Louvain, author of Marguerite Yourcenar and the USA: From Prophecy to Protest, "Marguerite Yourcenar was one of the greatest writers of the last century. If we knew anything about her long-time companion, Grace Frick, it was as an eccentric, protective and rather unattractive attendant/translator. But as we have come to recognize the incomparable importance of Alice B. Toklas to Gertrude Stein, now, thanks to this moving and deeply-researched biography by Joan E. Howard, Grace Frick's partnership with Mme Yourcenar will be given the same illustrious credit Frick deserves."-- Caroline Seebohm , author of Monumental Dreams: The Life and Sculpture of Ann Norton and The Innocents, "A very engaging and thought-provoking portrayal of Grace Frick, who she was as a person and how she worked with and for Marguerite Yourcenar to construct their life together and create the environment that allowed works like Memoirs of Hadrian to come into being."-- F rancesca Counihan , Maynooth University, author of L'Autorité dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Marguerite Yourcenar "We will henceforth be obliged to count this biography of Grace Frick in the forefront of biographies of Marguerite Yourcenar."-- Bérengère Deprez , Editor at Presses universitaires de Louvain, author of Marguerite Yourcenar and the USA: From Prophecy to Protest "In this remarkable and essential first biography of Grace Frick, Joan E. Howard paints the figure of a twentieth century woman eager to promote women's education and to defend civil rights; a woman passionate about literature who became the indefatigable translator of the works of her lover, the French writer Marguerite Yourcenar. Against the clichés spread by many of Yourcenar's biographers, Howard does justice to the relationship between the two women, to the life they chose to build together, and gives us a deeper understanding of their entwined literary careers."-- Béatrice Mousli , University of Southern California, author of Susan Sontag, "In this ground-breaking biography, Joan Howard presents Grace Frick as a remarkable person in her own right and as the treasured partner of the writer Marguerite Yourcenar. Howard's research has been exhaustive; her findings effectively challenge every earlier assessment of the couple's relationship, proving as well how essential Frick was to Yourcenar's professional and everyday life."-- Sue Lonoff de Cuevas , contributor, Marguerite Yourcenar: Croquis et griffonnis, "In this ground-breaking biography, Joan Howard presents Grace Frick as a remarkable person in her own right and as the treasured partner of the writer Marguerite Yourcenar. Howard's research has been exhaustive; her findings effectively challenge every earlier assessment of the couple's relationship, proving as well how essential Frick was to Yourcenar's professional and everyday life."-- Sue Lonoff de Cuevas , contributor, Marguerite Yourcenar: Croquis et griffonnis "'Major lesbian biographies' is a short roster of books. Lesbian subjects have been largely erased from history. Consequently, often in the past, and even today, the biographer's task is made all the more difficult by the subjects themselves, their executors, and their gatekeepers. Tackling erasure requires a special kind of courage and dedication on the part of the biographer . . . Joan Howard joins this distinguished sisterhood with We Met in Paris." -- The Gay & Lesbian Review "An especially and unreservedly recommended addition to both community and academic library Literary Biography collections.-- Midwest Book Review, "A very engaging and thought-provoking portrayal of Grace Frick, who she was as a person and how she worked with and for Marguerite Yourcenar to construct their life together and create the environment that allowed works like Memoirs of Hadrian to come into being."-- F rancesca Counihan , Maynooth University, author of L'Autorit dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Marguerite Yourcenar, "Marguerite Yourcenar was one of the greatest writers of the last century. If we knew anything about her long-time companion, Grace Frick, it was as an eccentric, protective and rather unattractive attendant/translator. But as we have come to recognize the incomparable importance of Alice B. Toklas to Gertrude Stein, now, thanks to this moving and deeply-researched biography by Joan E. Howard, Grace Frick's partnership with Mme Yourcenar will be given the same illustrious credit Frick deserves."-- Caroline Seebohm , author of Monumntal Dreams: The Life and Sculpture of Ann Norton and The Innocents

Grade FromCollege Freshman

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal848/.91209 B

Table Of ContentContents 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 Hall Chapter 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 Gr'ce 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 Sun Chapter 34: Surcease Chapter 35: Coda Epilogue: In Memoriam Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisGrace Frick introduced English-language readers all over the world to the distinguished French author Marguerite Yourcenar with her award-winning translation of Yourcenar's novel Memoirs of Hadrian in 1954. European biographies of Yourcenar have often disparaged Frick and her relationship with Yourcenar, however. This work shows Frick as a person of substance in her own right, and paints a portrait of both women that is at once intimate and scrupulously documented. It contains a great deal of new information that will disrupt long-held beliefs about Yourcenar and may even shock some of her scholars and fans.

LC Classification NumberPQ2649