My Life (Revised and Updated)W. W. Norton & Company, 27 mei 2013 - 368 pagina's A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella. The visionary choreographer and dancer Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) not only revolutionized dance in the twentieth century but blazed a path for other visionaries who would follow in her wake. While many biographies have explored Duncan’s crucial role as one of the founders of modern dance, no other book has proved as critical—as both historical record and vivid evocation of a riveting life—as her autobiography. From her early enchantment with classical music and poetry to her great successes abroad, to her sensational love affairs and headline-grabbing personal tragedies, Duncan’s story is a dramatic one. My Life still stands alone as “a great document, revealing the truth of her life as she understood it, without reticence or apology or compromise” (New York Herald Tribune). Now, in this fully restored edition, with its risqué recollections and fervent idealism, My Life can be appreciated by a new generation. |
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Pagina viii
... Finally, the editors at Liveright of course made changes. Nonetheless, the book is consis— tent internally—the tone of chapter IO is like that of chapter 20— and it is also consistent externally: it sounds like Duncan's letters and her ...
... Finally, the editors at Liveright of course made changes. Nonetheless, the book is consis— tent internally—the tone of chapter IO is like that of chapter 20— and it is also consistent externally: it sounds like Duncan's letters and her ...
Pagina xii
... finally achieved it at the age of twenty—four, with a handsome Hungarian actor, Oskar Beregi (“Romed' in My Life). It was a horrible experience, she reports—like “having many teeth pulled at once”—but Beregi assured her that she would ...
... finally achieved it at the age of twenty—four, with a handsome Hungarian actor, Oskar Beregi (“Romed' in My Life). It was a horrible experience, she reports—like “having many teeth pulled at once”—but Beregi assured her that she would ...
Pagina xiii
... finally found a plot they liked, named Kopanos, and they set to work, drawing plans, ordering marble, and creating a daily schedule for themselves: It was decreed to arise at sunrise. We were to greet the rising sun with joyous songs ...
... finally found a plot they liked, named Kopanos, and they set to work, drawing plans, ordering marble, and creating a daily schedule for themselves: It was decreed to arise at sunrise. We were to greet the rising sun with joyous songs ...
Pagina xix
... Finally, the book is carelessly written. (The last two paragraphs of Duncan's introduction—the description of her first reaction to the death of her children—are repeated almost word for word in chapter 25.) She wasn't seeking clarity ...
... Finally, the book is carelessly written. (The last two paragraphs of Duncan's introduction—the description of her first reaction to the death of her children—are repeated almost word for word in chapter 25.) She wasn't seeking clarity ...
Pagina xxvi
... finally offered me a thousand marks an evening for one month, he grew very angry and characterised me as a 'dummes IVIadel,' until finally I shouted at him that I had come to Europe to bring about a great renaissance of religion through ...
... finally offered me a thousand marks an evening for one month, he grew very angry and characterised me as a 'dummes IVIadel,' until finally I shouted at him that I had come to Europe to bring about a great renaissance of religion through ...
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