The Genealogy of No-Self: Marguerite Yourcenar’s Koan of the Labyrinth
20th-century French author, Marguerite Yourcenar, prefaces the first volume of her autobiographical/genealogical trilogy, <i>Dear Departed</i> with a 13th-century Zen koan: What is your original face before your parents were born? In the context of the meticulously researched family hist...
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MDPI AG
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Genealogy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/4/4/108 |