Muses, Mistresses and Mates : Creative Collaborations in Literature, Art and Life [1 ed.] 9781443879378, 9781443875318

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Muses, Mistresses and Mates

Muses, Mistresses and Mates Creative Collaborations in Literature, Art and Life Edited by

Izabella Penier and Anna Suwalska-Kołecka

Muses, Mistresses and Mates: Creative Collaborations in Literature, Art and Life Edited by Izabella Penier and Anna Suwalska-Kołecka This book first published 2015 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2015 by Izabella Penier, Anna Suwalska-Kołecka and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-7531-7 ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-7531-8

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Introduction The Blissful Harmony and Perfect Synergy—The Themersons as a Paragon of an Ideal Collaboration  +DOV]ND/HOHĔ³$YDQWJDUGH&RQYHQWLRQV'HYHORSHGE\ the Themersons in Mr Rouse Builds His House”  $QQD6XZDOVND.RáHFND³)UDQFLV]NDLQWKH8EX:RUOG² RQWKH7KHPHUVRQV¶&UHDWLYH([SORUDWLRQVDQG)DVFLQDWLRQ with Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry”

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Femme Fatales and False, Exploitive and Perverse Muses  $JDWD6LWNR³(OVDDQG+HU6H[6XQD/RYH6WRU\ZLWKDQ 8QKDSS\(QGLQJ´  -RDQQD6WRODUHN³µ7KH%HDXWLIXODQGWKH'DPQHG¶²WKH ,QÀXHQFHRI=HOGD)LW]JHUDOGRQ)6FRWW)LW]JHUDOG¶V/LIH DQG/LWHUDU\2XWSXW´  $QGU]HM'RUREHN³-RKQ/HQQRQLQWKH)DWHIXO6KDGRZRI :RPHQ´

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3 Daughters of Clio—the Muse as the Courtesan  'RURWKHD)ORWKRZ³7KH$FWUHVVEHVLGHVWKH.LQJ1HOO *Z\QQHDQG&KDUOHV,,LQ3RSXODU/LWHUDWXUHRIWKH 1LQHWHHQWKDQG7ZHQWLHWK¿UVW&HQWXULHV´  0DUHN6PROXN³7KH'XNHDQG'XFKHVVRI:LQGVRU WKH6XFFHVVIXO5HODWLRQVKLSRID'RPLQDQW)HPDOHDQG Submissive Male” Muse-ings on Visual Arts—The Muse as a Goddess of a Master  0DáJRU]DWD5\FKHUW³&DPLOOHDQG&ODXGH0RQHWD &UHDWLYH5HODWLRQVKLS´

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The editors of this volume are grateful to Jasia Reichardt and Nicholas Wadley for their help and support in the publication of this volume.

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