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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691171722 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
792.8028092 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Leontis, Artemis |
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5160 |
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author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Eva Palmer Sikelianos : |
| Remainder of title |
a life in ruins / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Artemis Leontis. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Princeton ; |
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Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xlvi, 339 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-322) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Chapter 1: Sapphic Performances -- Chapter 2: Weaving -- Chapter 3: Patron of Byzantine Music -- Chapter 4: Drama -- Chapter 5: Writing -- Epilogue: Recollecting a life. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"This is the first biography to tell the fascinating story of Eva Palmer Sikelianos (1874-1952), an American actor, director, composer, and weaver best known for reviving the Delphic Festivals. Yet, as Artemis Leontis reveals, Palmer's most spectacular performance was her daily revival of ancient Greek performance was her daily revival of ancient Greek life. For almost half a century, dressed in handmade Greek tunics and sandals, she sought to make modern life freer and more beautiful through a creative engagement with the ancients. Along the way, she crossed paths with other seminal modern artists such as Natalie Clifford Barney, Renee Vivien, Isadora Duncan, Susan Glaspell, George Cram Cook, Richard Strauss, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Nikos Kazantzakis, George Seferis, Henry Miller, Paul Robeson, and Ted Shawn. <br/>Brilliant and gorgeous, with floor length auburn hair, Palmer was a wealthy New York debutante who studied Greek at Bryn Mawr College before turning her back on conventional society to live a lesbian life in Paris. She later followed Raymond Duncan (brother of Isadora) and his wife to Greece and married the Greek poet Angelos Sikelianos in 1907. With single-minded purpose, Palmer re-created ancient art forms, staging Greek tragedy with her own choreography, costumes and even music. Having exhausted her inheritance, she returned to the United States in 1933, was blacklisted for criticizing American imperialism during the Cold War, and was barred from returning to Greece until just before her death.<br/>Drawing on hundreds of newly discovered letters and featuring many previously unpublished photographs, this biography vividly re-creates the unforgettable story of a remarkable nonconformist who one contemporary described as "the only ancient Greek I ever knew." -- Publisher's description. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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15231 |
| Personal name |
Palmer-Sikelianou, Eua, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1874-1952 |
