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The lives of the Muses : nine women and the artists they inspired / Francine Prose.
LIBRA - Special NX160 .P765 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prose, Francine, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Man-woman relationships.
- Artistic collaboration.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 416 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Perennial edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Perennial, [2003]
- Summary:
- An exploration of the complex relationship between artists and their muses profiles nine women, including Alice Liddell, who inspired Lewis Carroll; ballerina Suzanne Farrell, for her impact on George Ballanchine; and Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
- Contents:
- Hester Thrale
- Alice Liddell
- Elizabeth Siddal
- Lou Andreas Salomé
- Gala Dalí
- Lee Miller
- Charis Weston
- Suzanne Farrell
- Yoko Ono.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-404) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0060555254
- 9780060555252
- OCLC:
- 53359610
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