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Frederick Rolfe (1860–1913)

Auteur van Hadrianus VII

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Werken van Frederick Rolfe

Hadrianus VII (1904) — Auteur — 808 exemplaren
The Desire & Pursuit of the Whole (1909) 180 exemplaren
Chronicles of the House of Borgia (1931) 159 exemplaren
Stories Toto Told Me (1898) 62 exemplaren
Don Tarquinio (1905) 51 exemplaren
Brieven uit Venetië (1966) 36 exemplaren
Nicholas Crabbe (1958) 35 exemplaren
Don Renato: An Ideal Content (1963) 25 exemplaren
In his own image (1901) 23 exemplaren
Collected Poems (1974) 21 exemplaren
The Weird of the Wanderer (2003) 10 exemplaren
Amico di Sandro (2019) 9 exemplaren
Letters to Harry Bainbridge (1977) 8 exemplaren
Three Tales of Venice (1950) 5 exemplaren
Letters to James Walsh (1972) 5 exemplaren
Why the rose is red (1994) 1 exemplaar
Alpha & Omega (2013) 1 exemplaar
I Walked by Night (2013) 1 exemplaar

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The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (1983) — Medewerker — 236 exemplaren
Hadrian VII (1968) — Author of original — 71 exemplaren
Venice Stories (2018) — Medewerker — 25 exemplaren
The Songs of Meleager (1937) — Vertaler — 4 exemplaren

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Frederick Rolfe was born in London, the son of a piano-tuner, and left school at the age of 14. Rolfe converted to Roman Catholicism and this conversion became a strongly felt desire to join the priesthood himself. Rolfe went to college in Rome but was eventually thrown out because his inability to concentrate on his priestly studies and his erratic behaviour meaning that his desire to join the priesthood was constantly frustrated and never realised. Instead Rolfe became a free-lance writer relying on benefactors for support but he had a tendency to fall out with those who tried to help and support him. He eventually died in poverty in Venice. 'Hadrian the Seventh' is Rolfe's best known novel and many regard the titular character as the author's alter-ego.

'George Arthur Rose,' having originally been rejected for the priesthood and living in poverty as a free-lance writer, finds himself the object of a highly improbable change of mind on the part of the church hierarchy, who then elect him to the papacy. Rose takes the name Hadrian VII and embarks upon a programme of ecclesiastical and geopolitical reform. Dogged by petty jealousies and scurrilous accusations Hadrian's papacy is relatively short lived.

Rolfe was himself an avowed homosexual and Hadrian like his creator soon surrounds himself with young men and abhors the presence of women and children. Hadrian thus becomes an exercise in wish-fulfilment.

It seems highly unlikely that even back in the early 20th century that the Pope would have had the influence amongst politicians that Rolfe seems to imagine that Hadrian has but in todays world this seems ridiculous. This is a rather quirky novel that has almost been totally forgotten. This wasn't a particularly easy read, the prose is grandiose, there are elements of this book that I rather enjoyed, in particular his dealings with the Socialists who were laughable, but there were also some elements that I found rather tedious. It perhaps deserves to be more widely read but in truth I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to any of my friends.
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PilgrimJess | 12 andere besprekingen | Mar 31, 2023 |
A lone man in search of life, "He was for fresh air, open skies, and lovely loneliness". Thus Nicholas Crabbe sets out to find some taste of pleasure on a voyage into the unknown of his imagined future.
 
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jwhenderson | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 30, 2022 |
Alexander Theroux sent me here.

I’ll be reading everything by Rolfe/Corvo on which I can get my hands.
 
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chrisvia | Apr 29, 2021 |
"The student of history knows no more refreshing recreation than that of nailing liars, like vermin, to the wall."

This book was an absolute delight. It shouldn't be read as a sincere history, but as a romp through Renaissance Italy. All of the wicked rumors surrounding this noble family must be denounced, of course, but first, let's wallow in the stories. A treasure from a peculiarly gifted mind.
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ManWithAnAgenda | 2 andere besprekingen | Aug 28, 2020 |

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