Great Autobiographies; Types and Problems of Manhood and Womanhood (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...Society, New York, 1891. COMPARATIVE STUDIES Abelard and Heloise, Letters; Amiel, Journal; Anderson, A Few Memories; Bashkirtseff, Journal; Bauer, Memoirs; Besant, Autobiography; Guenn, Eugenie de, Letters; Guenn, Maurice de, Journal; Kildare, My Mamie Rose; Kovalevsky, Recollections and Biography; Krasinska, Journal; Menken, Infelicia; Morris, Life on the Stage; Potocka, Memoirs; Romanes, Life and Letters. VII. MARIE BASHKIRTSEFF: THE UNFULFILLED LIFE OF A WOMAN GENIUS Life of Marie Bashkirtseff.--Born of noble Russian family iu 1860; died, after a long struggle with illness, in Paris, in 1884. Remarkable genius and great achievement in painting, considering how early her life was cut off. The center of a group of admiring friends and artists in Paris and receiving high honors in the Salon. The Journal.--Purpose of Marie Bashkirtseff in writing her Journal: contrast Eugenie de Guerin. Whole life from the age of eleven covered by the Journal. Frank and searching self-confession by Marie Bashkirtseff. Thus, in spite of posing, at times even to herself, her Journal one of the most valuable human documents in the whole field of autobiography. Early development.--Somewhat unhealthy childhood of Marie Bashkirtseff. Relation to her family. Intense desire from her earliest years to achieve fame. Effect of the nomadic life at continental hotels begun in her tenth year. Early studies. Significance of her plan of independent work formed at the age of twelve. Absence of formal education; but great development through books, art, travel and contact with social life. Compare her education with that of Mill; with that of Loti. Vocation.--Different avenues of Marie Bashkirtseff's self-expression; painting increasingly the dominant one. Her restless ambition....