ISBN Significant Others book Paperback 256 pages

Biographies of artists and writers have traditionally presented lone struggles for self-expression. Here, thirteen critics and historians aim to challenge and redefine conventional presumptions in an original and revealing series of essays on artist and writer couples whose literary and artistic renown has been compounded by the fame – or notoriety – of their relationships.

About the Author
Whitney Chadwick is Professor Emerita at San Francisco State University. Among her other books are Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement, Women, Art and Society and Significant Others: Creativity and Intimate Partnership.Isabelle de Courtivron is Professor of French Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.