Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler
Autor Cate Hasteen Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 sep 2019
A
new
biography
of
Alma
Mahler
(1879-1964),
revealing
a
woman
determined
to
wield
power
in
a
world
that
denied
her
agency
History
has
long
vilified
Alma
Mahler.
Critics
accused
her
of
distracting
Gustav
Mahler
from
his
work,
and
her
passionate
love
affairs
shocked
her
peers.
Drawing
on
Alma's
vivid,
sensual,
and
overlooked
diaries,
biographer
Cate
Haste
recounts
the
untold
and
far
more
sympathetic
story
of
this
ambitious
and
talented
woman.
Though
she
dreamed
of
being
the
first
woman
to
compose
a
famous
opera,
Alma
was
stifled
by
traditional
social
values.
Eventually,
she
put
her
own
dreams
aside
and
wielded
power
and
influence
the
only
way
she
could,
by
supporting
the
art
of
more
famous
men.
She
worked
alongside
them
and
gained
credit
as
their
muse,
commanding
their
love
and
demanding
their
respect.
Passionate
Spiritrestores
vibrant
humanity
to
a
woman
time
turned
into
a
caricature,
providing
an
important
correction
to
a
history
where
systemic
sexism
has
long
erased
women
of
talent.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465096718
ISBN-10: 0465096719
Pagini: 368
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465096719
Pagini: 368
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Cate
Hasteis
a
biographer,
historian,
and
filmmaker.
She
is
the
author
of
a
number
of
books,
including
Nazi
Women
and
the
award-winning
biographySheila
Fell:
A
Passion
for
Paint.
Haste
lives
in
London.
Caracteristici
Alma Mahler has been overlooked and misrepresented until now, her own autobiography marred by inaccuracies and elisions. This is the first full and serious biography of her, drawing extensively on unpublished diaries covering four decades when she wrote entries almost daily.
Recenzii
Fascinating ... Haste paints a portrait of a woman who was born to triumph, not surrender
Cate Haste's seductively accessible biography offers a sympathetic interpretation of Alma's life. Written in elegant, lucid prose, her book is a treasure trove of European cultural riches and scandalous intrigue . [Alma] emerges as a tough, lively, cultured and wilful woman . Compelling
Lively, well illustrated and enjoyably juicy
A welcome and engaging narrative of a life that, surely, has not yet been fully explored
[An] absorbing biography ... Through reference to diaries, letters and interviews with Mahler's granddaughter, Haste draws a portrait of a complex, highly accomplished woman . Mahler is depicted as a woman who not only facilitated the creative pursuits of her husbands, but was an intellectual force in her own right
Cate Haste's seductively accessible biography offers a sympathetic interpretation of Alma's life. Written in elegant, lucid prose, her book is a treasure trove of European cultural riches and scandalous intrigue . [Alma] emerges as a tough, lively, cultured and wilful woman . Compelling
Lively, well illustrated and enjoyably juicy
A welcome and engaging narrative of a life that, surely, has not yet been fully explored
[An] absorbing biography ... Through reference to diaries, letters and interviews with Mahler's granddaughter, Haste draws a portrait of a complex, highly accomplished woman . Mahler is depicted as a woman who not only facilitated the creative pursuits of her husbands, but was an intellectual force in her own right