Sexual Personae
Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
Camille Paglia
Explore the provocative connections between art and pagan ritual, Emily Dickinson and the Marquis de Sade, Lord Byron and Elvis Presley in this insightful read. Sexual Personae challenges cultural assumptions and invites readers to think outside the box. With 47 powerful photographs, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in art, literature, or social commentary.
Publish Date
2001-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
2001-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1990
Goodreads Rating
3.97
ISBN
9780679735793
Recommendations
3
Recommendations
2018-07-07T22:01:05.000Z
Sexual Personae, by Camille Paglia: Paglia was Bloom's PhD student. Sexual Personae took decades to get published because it didn't conform to trendy theory. She uses the Dionysian vs Apollonian frame to describe the long arc of human creative achievement – source2018-12-04T01:28:26.000Z
@wrathofgnon Paglia's book 'Sexual Personae' was one of the most enthralling books on art I ever read, and shaped my thinking about evolutionary aesthetics pretty deeply. – source