Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-raphaelite Supermodel: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphelite supermodel - Rilegato

Hawksley, Lucinda

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ISBN 10: 0233005072 ISBN 13: 9780233005072

Casa editrice: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2017

Riassunto

Before the modern supermodel, there was Lizzie Siddal, whose image captivated a generation–and whose life ended tragically in a laudanum-soaked suicide.
Saved from the drudgery of a working-class existence by Dante Rossetti, the young Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter who became her lover, Lizzie Siddal was one of the most famous faces in Victorian Britain and a pivotal figure in London's artistic scene. Today, even those who do not know her name recognize her as Millais's doomed Ophelia and Rossetti's beatified Beatrice. Exploring the many parallels to our contemporary worlds of art and fashion, Lucinda Hawksley looks behind the celebrated muse to reveal a talented poet and artist in her own right.

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Recensione:

'A truly extraordinary achievement.' - A.N. WILSON 'The life behind the model for Millais's Ophelia...The first supermodel, Siddal remains a fascinating figure.' - Tatler 'A seductive biography. The story as it gains in tragedy is irresistible' - The Sunday Times 'This mesmerising biography gives life to an icon, and reads as grippingly as any rags-to-riches novel.' - The Mail on Sunday 'It is the stuff of opera' - Sunday Telegraph 'A heart-wrenching tale of art, addiction, adultery and loss, which transcends the decades. A fluid contemporary classic.' - Skytext --A.N. Wilson; Tatler; The Sunday Times; The Mail on Sunday; Sunday Telegraph; Skytext

'A riveting biography... I couldn't put it down' --Michelle Paver, Author

L'autore:

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley is the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens and a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. She has written more than 20 books, including Katey: The Life and Loves of Dickens's Artist Daughter (Doubleday UK). A part-time lecturer as well as a writer, Lucinda is an expert in Dickens's family life and has been awarded a fellowship to study the life of Augustus Dickens (Charles's brother and the original "Boz") at the Newberry Library in Chicago.

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• Editore: Andre Deutsch Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0233005072
• ISBN 13: 9780233005072
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 230