Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness
by Ostwald, Peter
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 081840535X
- ISBN 13
- 9780818405358
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Carol Publishing Group, New York, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 372 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and shows only minor shelf-wear. It is protected by removeable plastic sleeve.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Edges of boards are chipped and rubbed. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. Nijinsky (1890-1950) remains, by reputation, the outstanding male dancer of at least one century, and a pathbreaking choreographer as well. Yet his life dramatically demonstrates the uncertain line dividing genius and madness, as psychiatrist Ostwald ( Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius ) here shows. The "god of dance" spent 30 of his 61 years in the grip of infantile rages and catatonic withdrawal; neither Freud, institutionalization, sedation nor countless insulin shock-treatments could halt his increasing derangement. Using Nijinsky's own notebooks to augment the existing medical evidence, Ostwald examines the dancer's family history, the effects of his personal and professional subjection to Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev--his Svengali-like mentor and lover--and Nijinsky's troubled marriage to a woman perhaps nearly his equal in self-destructiveness. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Russia; ISBN: 081840535x. ISBN/EAN: 9780818405358. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4758. . 9780818405358
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4758
- Title
- Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness
- Author
- Ostwald, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 081840535X
- ISBN 13
- 9780818405358
- Publisher
- Carol Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- BZDB137 ballet, nijinsky, dance, madness, mental health, choreographer, Biography & Autobiography; Russia; ISBN: 081840535x EAN: 9780818405358 Ostwald, Peter Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness
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