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Biographies of artists and writers have traditionally presented an individual's lone struggle for self-expression. In this book, critics and historians challenge these assumptions in a series of essays that focus on artist and writer couples who have shared sexual and artistic bonds. Featuring duos such as Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel, Sonia and Robert Delaunay, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, this book combines biography with evaluation of each partner's work in the context of the relationship. 'An important book' - Guardian 'Many surprises and much to celebrate ... a mine of fresh information' - Times Literary Supplement 'Compelling stories ... intelligent biography and close critical readings' - New Statesman 'Reveals the pressures of societal assumptions, whilst revealing the limitations such constructions place on male and female creativity' - Aesthetica 'The intimacy of creativity is revealed to pave the way for extraordinary partnerships and eternal bonds ... this original series of essays explores how a shared passion for the arts can make sparks fly' - Red 'Sublime' - Damian Barr's Literary Salon 'Reveals the pressures of societal assumptions, whilst revealing the limitations such constructions place on male and female creativity' - Aesthetica

Significant Others: Creativity and Intimate Partnership

Camille Claudel & Auguste Rodin * Sonia & Robert Delaunay * Clara & Andre Malraux * Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant * Virginia Woolf & Vita-Sackville West * Leonora Carrington & Max Ernst * Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera * Kay Sage & Yves Tanguy * Anais Nin & Henry Miller * Lillian Hellman & Dashiell Hammett * Jasper Johns & Robert Rauschenberg * Simone & Andre Schwarz-Bart * Lee Krasner & Jackson Pollock