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Chasing lost time : the life of C.K. Scott Moncrieff : soldier, spy, and translator / Jean Findlay.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating CT788.S379 F55 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Findlay, Jean.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth), 1889-1930.
- Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.
- Translators--Great Britain--Biography.
- Translators.
- Espionage, British.
- History.
- Catholics.
- Great Britain.
- Italy.
- Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. À la recherche du temps perdu--English.
- Proust, Marcel.
- Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Catholics--Great Britain--Biography.
- Gay men--Great Britain--Biography.
- Gay men.
- Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1914-1918--Biography.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
- Spies.
- Espionage, British--Italy--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
- Summary:
- "While Scott Moncrieff's work has shaped our understanding of one of the finest novels of the twentieth century, he has remained hidden behind the genius of the man whose reputation he helped build. Now, in this biography--the first ever of the celebrated translator--Scott Moncrieff's great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, reveals a fascinating, tangled life. Catholic and homosexual; a partygoer who was lonely deep down; secretly a spy in Mussolini's Italy and publicly a debonair man of letters; a war hero described as 'offensively brave,' whose letters from the front are remarkably cheerful--Scott Moncrieff was a man of his moment, thriving on paradoxes and extremes. In Chasing Lost Time, Findlay gives us a vibrant, moving portrait of the brilliant Scott Moncrieff, and of the era--changing fast and forever--in which he shone"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Bloodline
- Childhood
- Winchester, 1903-1905
- First Love Affairs, 1905-1908
- To Edinburgh
- Lightness in War, 1914
- God in the Trenches, 1915-16
- Critic at War
- Wounded Out, 1917-18
- In Love with Wilfred Owen
- Sniping in the Literary World
- Translating Proust
- Writer/Spy in Fascist Italy
- Discovering Pirandello
- 1927-1928 : A Death and Eviction
- Rome, 1928-1930
- Epilogue
- Family Postscript
- List of published works by Charles Scott Moncrieff.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780374119270
- 0374119279
- OCLC:
- 892456505
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