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 xi
... woman and her emancipation from hidebound conventions.” She deplored marriage, said that it was servitude. She also defended a woman's right to bear and raise children outside of marriage, and she did so with both her own. The father of ...
... woman and her emancipation from hidebound conventions.” She deplored marriage, said that it was servitude. She also defended a woman's right to bear and raise children outside of marriage, and she did so with both her own. The father of ...
Pagina xviii
... woman's sexual pleasure increases when she is past her youth: “[Tlhen the Vine—wreathed bacchante drenched with wine, falling soft and resistless under the leap of the satyr, and growing, expanding; the swelling and increase of soft ...
... woman's sexual pleasure increases when she is past her youth: “[Tlhen the Vine—wreathed bacchante drenched with wine, falling soft and resistless under the leap of the satyr, and growing, expanding; the swelling and increase of soft ...
Pagina xx
... Woman very oldl”) He trashed hotel rooms in which they stayed while she was on tour. Once he threw himself through a plate—glass window. Duncan paid the bills, as she always did for her family. She left Esenin after a year. Two years ...
... Woman very oldl”) He trashed hotel rooms in which they stayed while she was on tour. Once he threw himself through a plate—glass window. Duncan paid the bills, as she always did for her family. She left Esenin after a year. Two years ...
Pagina xxi
... woman who for hours was rolling around like a pig” In the late years she repeatedly had oopses, occasions on which a strap of her costume slipped or broke, exposing a breast. Kurth describes a scene that took place during her last (and ...
... woman who for hours was rolling around like a pig” In the late years she repeatedly had oopses, occasions on which a strap of her costume slipped or broke, exposing a breast. Kurth describes a scene that took place during her last (and ...
Pagina xxiv
... woman who lived fully and on her own terms no matter what her financial situation or what her critics said. She was an artist actively evolving her art. Isadora's performances those last years in Nice prompted ]anet Flanner to report in ...
... woman who lived fully and on her own terms no matter what her financial situation or what her critics said. She was an artist actively evolving her art. Isadora's performances those last years in Nice prompted ]anet Flanner to report in ...
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