· "The present English pontiff is Hadrian the Seventh. It pleases Us; and so, by Our own impulse, We command."Hadrian is conceived in the image of his creator, Fr. Rolfe, whose aristocratic pretensions (he called himself Baron Corvo), religious obsession, and anarchic and self-aggrandizing sensibility have made him known as one of the great English bltadwin.ru: Valancourt Books. · Book Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo published by Valancourt Books. “It is extraordinarily alive The book remains a clear and definite book of our epoch, not to be swept aside.” – D.H. Lawrence “One of the most extraordinary achievements in English. Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo): Hadrian The Seventh Frederick Rolfe was brought up as an Anglican but, in his mid-twenties, he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt that he had a vocation and trained for ordination as a priest but was thrown out of college for his strange behaviour and his .
Hadrian the Seventh (New York Review Books (Paperback)) [Rolfe, Fr., Theroux, Alexander] on bltadwin.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hadrian the Seventh (New York Review Books (Paperback)) Frederick Rolfe alias Baron Corvo is certainly one of the most fascinating of those various literary curiosities of England. Frederick Rolfe died suddenly in Venice on 25 October A note on the text. Hadrian the Seventh was published in London by Chatto Windus in (The first American edition appeared from. Hadrian the Seventh.. [Frederick Rolfe] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Find items in libraries near you. Advanced Search Find a.
Make that Pope Hadrian the Seventh. Rolfe offers up a British pontiff who wants to redesign the crucifix, redecorate the Vatican, and canonize capriciously. Hadrian is a little-disguised version of Rolfe, one of English literature's great eccentrics. This was originally published in the early s. Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc. "The present English pontiff is Hadrian the Seventh. It pleases Us; and so, by Our own impulse, We command."Hadrian is conceived in the image of his creator, Fr. Rolfe, whose aristocratic pretensions (he called himself Baron Corvo), religious obsession, and anarchic and self-aggrandizing sensibility have made him known as one of the great. Book Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo published by Valancourt Books. “It is extraordinarily alive The book remains a clear and definite book of our epoch, not to be swept aside.” – D.H. Lawrence “One of the most extraordinary achievements in English.
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