The Truth About Lou
Subtitle: A Necessary Fiction
Publisher: Counterpoint
Published: December 19, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781582433585
Subjects: Modern fiction; General; American Historical Fiction; Fiction; Fiction - General; Literary; Fiction / General; Andreas-SalomÃ¢e, Lou,; Historical - General; Psychological; 1861-1937; Andreas-Salomâe, Lou,; Biographical fiction; Psychologists
Description: Born to an aristocratic family in Russia, Lou Andreas-Salom (1861-1937) became a well-known writer in Europe and real-life muse to the likes of Nietzsche, Rilke and Freud. Von der Lippe defines Lou by her relationships to the men around her: a first love with a married clergyman, her friendship with Paul Ree, the relationship with Nietzsche (who proposes marriage twice), her dramatic but sexless marriage to Friedrich Carl Andreas, her great love for Rilke, and her later involvement with Freud's circle.