Sexual Personae: Art & Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson - Softcover

Paglia, Camille

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679735798 ISBN 13: 9780679735793

Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1991

Inhaltsangabe

From ancient Egypt through the nineteenth century, Sexual Personae explores the provocative connections between art and pagan ritual; between Emily Dickinson and the Marquis de Sade; between Lord Byron and Elvis Presley. It ultimately challenges the cultural assumptions of both conservatives and traditional liberals. 47 photographs.

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Críticas:

"A remarkable book, at once outrageous and compelling, fanatical and brilliant. . . . One must be awed by [Paglia's] vast energy, erudition and wit." --The Washington Post

"Sexual Personae [is] an enormous sensation of a book, in all the better senses of 'sensation.' There is no book comparable in scope, stance, design or insight." --Harold Bloom

"The ability to infuriate both antagonists in an ideological struggle is often a sign of a first-rate book. . . . [Paglia] is a conspicuously gifted writer . . . and an admirably close reader with a hard core of common sense." --The New York Times Book Review

"Paglia marshals a vast array of . . . cultural materials with an authorial voice derived from sixties acid-rock lead guitar. . . . Close to poetry." --Greil Marcus, author of Lipstick Traces

"This book is a red comet in a smog-filled sky. . . . Brilliant." --The Nation

Reseña del editor:

Offers a unified theory of Western culture, identifying major patterns that have endured over the centuries

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0679735798
• ISBN 13: 9780679735793
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 736