Bohemians by Elizabeth Wilson

Bohemians by Elizabeth Wilson

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Since the early 19th century, the bohemian has been the protagonist of the story the West has wanted to hear about its artists - a story of genius, glamour, and doom. With a huge cast of real-life characters, this book analyzes the many shifting meanings that constitute bohemia.

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Bohemians by Elizabeth Wilson

Since the early 19th century, the bohemian has been the protagonist of the story the West has wanted to hear about its artists - a story of genius, glamour, and doom. This book analyzes the many shifting meanings that constitute bohemia and the bohemian. With a huge cast of real-life characters, from Chatterton to Jackson Pollock to Augustus John, she explores the bohemians eccentric use of dress, the role of sex and erotic love, the quest for excess, and their intransigent politics. She demonstrates how, rather than disappearing from Western culture, bohemia is at the core of the most heated cultural debates at the end of the second millennium.
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ISBN 13 9781860645679
ISBN 10 1860645674
Title Bohemians
Author Elizabeth Wilson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2000-10-13
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.