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Art Of The Affair
Hardback Edition: 1
Poet Robert Lowell died of a heart attack, clutching a portrait of his lover, Caroline Blackwood, painted by her ex-husband, Lucian Freud. Lowell was on his way to see his own ex-wife, Elizabeth Hardwick, who was a longtime friend of Mary McCarthy. McCarthy left the
father of her child to marry Edmund Wilson, who had encouraged her writing, and had also brought critical attention to the fiction of Anais Nin - whom he later bedded. And so it goes, the long chain of love, affections, and artistic influences among writers, musicians, and artists that weaves its way through the The Art of the Affair.
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Pages : 96
Publisher : Bloomsbury
Publication date : 2017-01-25
Subjects: Non-fiction, Social Sciences, Sociology, Sociology: Sexual Relations