Muses, Mistresses and Mates

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Muses, Mistresses and Mates is written by Anna Suwalska Kołecka and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1443879371 (ISBN 10) and 9781443879378 (ISBN 13).

The Muse is one of the oldest archetypes in human civilization, and, in the past, was a representation of an idealized woman - blessed with beauty and creativity and exerting irresistible attraction for many a man. Nowadays, in the wake of feminism, the idea of the Muse seems a bit obsolete, quaint or downright sexist, and is said to enhance a vicious stereotype of the creative, productive and active man and the passive, submissive and docile woman. However, this book shows that this, in fa ...