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In this intimate biography of the great Romantic composer Robert Schumann (1810–56), Chernaik (The Lyrics of Shelley), who betrays a close acquaintance with the composer's oeuvre, offers a very personal take on his life, drawing on unpublished archival material as well as Schumann's diary entries to round out her portrait. She uses the conceit of "faces and masks"—"different ways of presenting himself"—to describ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More