Marguerite Yourcenar

Translator's Foreword
Translator's Acknowledgments
Author's Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1 - The Name Between the Name
1. The Child and the Maidservants
2. "I don't know whether I loved that tall gentleman or not"
3. Early Lessons
4. I, the Underground, Marguerite Yourcenar
Part 2 - "The Wanderings"
5. Nomadism of the Heart and of the Mind
6. The Impossible Passion
7. Grace and Coup de Grace
Part 3 - Memory Recaptured
8. The Dark Years
9. Banality's Temptation
10. The Rediscovery of Hadrian
11. Petite Plaisance
12. First Renown
13. Balance
Part 4 - Forks in the Road
14. Confinement Consented To
15. The Abyss and Its Attendant Clashes
16. Public Recognition
17. Yourcenar, Marguerite
18. The Silent Piano
Part 5 - The Nomadic Academician
19. Turning Back Time
20. The Slipups and the "Tale of Horror"
21. The Final Journey
Appendixes
1. Sonnet
2. "European Diagnosis"
3. "Which affords one certain fleeting glimpses"
4. "Self-Commentary"
5. The Memorial Service for Marguerite Yourcenar
Notes
Index
Illustrations
Family Tree