Malevolent muse : the life of Alma Mahler

Title
  1. Malevolent muse : the life of Alma Mahler / Oliver Hilmes : translated by Donald Arthur.
Published by
  1. Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2015]
Author
  1. Hilmes, Oliver

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Additional authors
  1. Arthur, Donald
Description
  1. 331 pages; 25 cm
Summary
  1. "The legendary life of the muse of geniuses, Alma Mahler-Gropius-Werfel"--
Uniform title
  1. Witwe im Wahn. English
Alternative title
  1. Witwe im Wahn.
Subject
  1. Arts
  2. Wives
  3. 1900 - 1999
  4. Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964
  5. History
  6. Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
  7. Arts > Austria > History > 20th century
  8. Wives > Biography
  9. Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911
  10. Biography
  11. Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945
  12. Vienna (Austria) > Biography
  13. Austria > Vienna
Genre/Form
  1. Biography.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. Prologue -- Childhood and youth (1879/1901) -- Mahler (1901/1911) -- Excesses (1911/1915) -- Marriage at a distance (1915/1917) -- Love-hate (1917/1930) -- Radicalization (1931/1938) -- The involuntary escape (1938/1940) -- In safety, and unhappy (1940/1945) -- Last refrain (1945/1964) -- Epilogue.
Call number
  1. JFE 15-3765
Note
  1. "Originally published as Witwe im Wahn : Das Leben der Alma Mahler-Werfel. Munich, Germany : Siedler Verlag, [2014]."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and index.
Author
  1. Hilmes, Oliver, author.
Title
  1. Malevolent muse : the life of Alma Mahler / Oliver Hilmes : translated by Donald Arthur.
Publisher
  1. Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2015]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1900 - 1999
Added author
  1. Arthur, Donald, translator.
LCCN
  1. 2014038724
ISBN
  1. 9781555537890 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  2. 1555537898 (cloth : alkaline paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 15-3765
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