Full name: Sexual Personae: Art And Decadence From Nefertiti To Emily Dickinson

Author: Camille Paglia Year: 1990 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Art, History, Essays, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780679735793 9780300091274 0300091273

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. Similar books: Sex, Art, and American Culture by Camille Paglia The Voices of Silence by Andre Malraux Vamps & Tramps by Camille Paglia On Ugliness by Umberto Eco A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry Portraits by John Berger At the Same Time by Susan Sontag The Nude by Kenneth Clark Art and Culture by Clement Greenberg Reality Hunger by David Shields Fractured Times by Eric Hobsbawm Under the Sign of Saturn by Susan Sontag Where the Stress Falls by Susan Sontag Modernism by Christopher Butler Travels in Hyperreality by Umberto Eco The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt Upside Down by Eduardo Galeano