Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism

Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism

Engrossing...this book will surely go a long way to cementing their fascinating legacy--Review 31

Chadwick provides us with one way of re-establishing those connections and appreciating the remarkable lives of Surrealism's neglected woman--Apollo

Whitney Chadwick uncovers the labyrinth of complex alliances, intense friendships and romantic entanglements that bound the surrealist community...it proves how intrinsic these women were--Elephant

The intriguing network of solidarity which emerges from this collection of life-stories is extraordinary and defiant; the history that Chadwick has unearthed will undoubtedly influence our understanding and interpretation of the surrealist movement for years to come--Oxonian Review

A beautifully constructed study if the complicated ways women needed each other and urged each other on. --Guardian

An extraordinary book...this book is so well written it has led me to investigate and learn about [surrealism]. A strong book, with strong but also vulnerable women--Breakaway Reviewers

An important contribution to the way surrealism is understood...it succeeds in transforming our understanding of a whole generation of artists, both women and men--Literary Review

A captivatingly rich account of female love, determination and support. --Vanessa Longden, LSE Review of Books

A glorious antidote to the macho myths of avant-garde--DIVA

Engaging...Chadwick's eloquence and research enable us to appreciate the substance of these women at last.--Church Time

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