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Author Suwalska-Kolecka, Anna

Title Muses, Mistresses and Mates : Creative Collaborations in Literature, Art and Life
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (188 pages)
Contents Introduction; 1; 1.1; 1.2; 2; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 3.1; 3.2; 4; 4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.4; 5; 5.1; 5.2; 5.3
Summary The Muse is one of the oldest archetypes in human civilization, and, in the past, was a representation of an idealized woman - blessed with beauty and creativity and exerting irresistible attraction for many a man. Nowadays, in the wake of feminism, the idea of the Muse seems a bit obsolete, quaint or downright sexist, and is said to enhance a vicious stereotype of the creative, productive and active man and the passive, submissive and docile woman. However, this book shows that this, in fa ..
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Subject Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Artistic collaboration.
Feminism & feminist theory.
Gender studies: women.
Biography: arts & entertainment.
Artistic collaboration
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Form Electronic book
Author Penier, Izabella
ISBN 9781443879378
1443879371