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Onedayin1925afriendaskedA.J.A.SymonsifhehadreadFr.Rolfe\'sHadriantheSeventh.Hehadn\'t£¬butsoondid£¬andfoundhimselfentrancedbythenovel--"amasterpiece"--andnolessfascinatedbythemysteriouspersonofitsall-but-forgottencreator.TheQuestforCorvoisahilariousandheartbreakingportraitofthestrangeFrederickRolfe£¬self-appointedBaronCorvo£¬anartist£¬writer£¬andfrustratedaspiranttothepriesthoodwithabottomlesstalentforself-destruction.Butthissingularwork£¬subtitled"anexperimentinbiography£¬"isalsoaremarkableself-portrait£¬astudyoftheobsessionandsympathythatinspiresthebiographer\'sart.
作者简介
A.J.A.Symons(1900-1941)pursuedawidevarietyofprojectsinhisshortlife,writingandeditingworksontheverseofthe1890s,thehistoryoftheNonesuchPress,andcriticalstudiesofvariousfiguresofnote.HeisrememberedforhisgroundbreakingbiographyofthebizarregeniusBaronCorvoandforhisowneccentrichobbies,aschronicledinabiographywrittenbyhisbrother,themysterynovelistJulianSymons.ASByattisrenownedinternationallyforhernovelsandshortstories.HernovelsincludetheBookerPrize-winningPossession,TheBiographer’sTaleandthequartet,TheVirginintheGarden,StillLife,BabelTowerandAWhistlingWoman.Hermostrecentnovel,TheChildren’sBookwaspublishedin2009.,,,