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All loved, and were loved by, their artists, and inspired them with an intensity of emotion akin to Eros. In a brilliant, wry, and provocative book, National Book Award finalist Francine Prose explores the complex relationship between the artist and his muse. In so doing, she illuminates with... read more
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- Hester Thrale: Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and 18th-century life.
- Henry Thrale: 18th century English Member of Parliament and a close friend of Samuel Johnson. He was the proprietor of the large London brewery, H. Thrale & Co.
- Samuel Johnson: British author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.
- Alice Liddell: Inspired the children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
- Charles Dodgson: Lewis Carroll.
- John Ruskin: English art critic, social thinker, poet and artist. His essays were influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
- Elizabeth Siddal: English artists' model, poet and artist who was painted and drawn extensively by artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; married to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and when she died he deposited manuscripts in her coffin only to exhume them later on.
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti: English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
- Lou Andreas-Salomé: Add a description of this character.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- Sigmund Freud
- Gala Dalí
- Salvador Dalí
- Paul Eluard: Gala's first husband.
- Lee Miller
- Man Ray
- Theodore Miller: Lee's father.
- Charis Weston
- Edward Weston
- Sonya Noskowiak
- Suzanne Farrell
- George Balanchine
- Yoko Ono
- John Lennon
- William Rossetti
- Beatrice
- Dante Alighieri
First Sentence edit
ON A SPRING MORNING in 1766, Henry and Hester Thrale visited Dr. Samuel Johnson in his rooms at Johnson's Court.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Francine Prose (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0060196726
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0060196726
Page Count: 432
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- Dewey: 700.922
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