part of the joy of being a pretty, smart bird is the allure of being a muse, being loved, being immortalized in verse and art and having the scars to prove it. dangerous women: the perils of muses and femmes fatales by laure adler and elisa lécosse is itself alluring in all of these ways. looking at the tensions and trysts between female muses and those they inspire the book is an eclectic mix of art balanced by a sturdy read about historical women and the psychological and sociological effects of these attachments. after almost a full hour of flipping through this at the bookstore i am still wanting more and am placing it at the top of my intellectual wish list...take a look.
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