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

Paglia, Camille

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ISBN 10: 0679735798 ISBN 13: 9780679735793

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1991

Riassunto

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

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Recensione:

"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

L'autore:

Camille Paglia is the University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. A regular contributor to Salon.com, she is the author of Glittering Images; Break, Blow, Burn; Sexual Personae; Sex, Art, and American Culture; and Vamps & Tramps.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0679735798
• ISBN 13: 9780679735793
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 736