Muses, Mistresses and Mates

Muses, Mistresses and Mates PDF Author: Anna Suwalska Kołecka
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443879371
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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Book Description
The Muse is one of the oldest archetypes in human civilization, and, in the past, was a representation of an idealized woman - blessed with beauty and creativity and exerting irresistible attraction for many a man. Nowadays, in the wake of feminism, the idea of the Muse seems a bit obsolete, quaint or downright sexist, and is said to enhance a vicious stereotype of the creative, productive and active man and the passive, submissive and docile woman. However, this book shows that this, in fa ...