Under the Spell of Orpheus: The Persistence of a Myth in Twentieth-Century Art
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, (1991).
Price: $1,500.00
Hardcover. First edition. Small quarto. 235pp. Corners lightly bumped, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with modest edgewear. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. In this book Bernstock breaks down the Orpheus myth into three parts: The Fulfillment of an Ego Ideal, The Critical Self-Image, and Death and Suffering. The psychological and literary analysis is accompanied by 61 illustrations and a select bibliography. An important work, and of most interest to the serious student of modern art.
Item #137054
ISBN: 0809316595
