Here is Isadora Duncan: her many sensational loves, her passion for her art, her mesmerizing performances, and her personal tragedies - all set against the sweeping backdrop of Europe and the United States in the early twentieth century. In this universally acclaimed biography - welcomed on the cover of the New York Times Book Review - Peter Kurth gives us, at last, a work that does justice to the life of this unforgettable woman. Her name is synonymous with flair, originality, spontaneity, scandal, and intrigue. She was 'one of the true visionaries of modern dance,' and, by extension, of modernism in all its guises' (Washington Post). "Isadora Duncan was 'the most influential and the most notorious woman of the first quarter of the 20th century' (New York Times). Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A near-fine copy of the first printing, age toning. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Xi, 652 pages, pages of plates, illustrations, portraits 24 cm.
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