Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780300091274 (0300091273)
Publish date: September 10th 2001
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages no: 736
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Art,
Feminism,
Philosophy,
Sexuality,
Gender
The subtitle? "Art and decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickenson." (The cover strikingly puts that across visually with a bust half-Nefertiti/half-Dickenson.) In the Preface Paglia says her book "seeks to demonstrate the unity and continuity of western culture." She also revealingly says: "My larg...
camille paglia: so misguided! despite the sheer idiocy behind many of her theses, she is a compelling, exuberant author, very readable, and definitely brings a certain kind of gusto and an often unique viewpoint to many classic authors. her rather operatic take on emily dickinson is particularly enj...