Art and madness : a memoir of lust without reason
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Published
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, ©2011.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 220 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Seaside Branch - Adult Biography
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Published
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, ©2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
Description
Recounts the lost years of Anne Roiphe's twenties, when the soon-to-be-critically-acclaimed author put her dreams of becoming a writer on hold to devote herself to the magnetic but coercive male artists of the period. Coming of age in the 1950s, Roiphe grew up on Park Avenue and had an adolescence defined by privilege, petticoats, and social rules. Young women were expected to give up personal freedom for devotion to home and children. Instead, Roiphe chose Beckett, Proust, Sartre, and Mann as her heroes. She married and worked to support a brilliant playwright, even after he pawned her family silver, china, and pearls. Her near-religious belief in the power of art induced her to overlook his infidelity and alcoholism, and to dutifully type his manuscripts in place of writing her own. But while she was playing the muse, reality beckoned, forcing her to confront the notion that any sacrifice was worth making for art.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Roiphe, A. R. (2011). Art and madness: a memoir of lust without reason . Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roiphe, Anne Richardson, 1935-. 2011. Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust Without Reason. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roiphe, Anne Richardson, 1935-. Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust Without Reason Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Roiphe, Anne Richardson. Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust Without Reason Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2011.
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