Sexual Personae Chapters 16: Cults of Sex and Beauty; Gautier, Baudelaire & Huysmans, 17: Romantic Shadows; Emily Brontë, and 18: Romantic Shadows; Swinburne and Pater (Patron-Only)
In these chapters Paglia explores the major figures of the Decadent literary movement, gives her incredible theory of Emily Brontë's projection into Heathcliff in her novel Wuthering Heights, and introduces us to the astounding pagan poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, and the Heraclitean Art Critic Walter Pater.
Chapter 16: https://youtu.be/8mzBi4SLyl4?si=ntGMx8-zVxBicT1X
Chapter 17: https://youtu.be/8mzBi4SLyl4?si=WpqnF8kdM3yVKLeS&t=1107
Chapter 18: https://youtu.be/8mzBi4SLyl4?si=yYNsrU2zESOw9Pfj&t=1695
Links:
Dr. K - Limerence: https://youtu.be/YRwb-eUrso4?si=UoKsh2K9VoUtc0Cx
Jon Auring Grimm: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14797585.2024.2408329
Barthes's "The Metaphor of the Eye": https://uglywords.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/roland-barthes-the-metaphor-of-the-eye/
Camille Paglia - SEXUAL PERSONAE Chapters: 16, 17, 18 BOOK REVIEW (YouTube)
Comments (3)
Concerning Brontë: https://youtu.be/dBmBeYWj-a0
The breadth and depth of Paglia’s ideas and how she brings them all together continues to astound me chapter after chapter. And your insights along the way are invaluable to the journey. Great stuff! (It feels like my reading list doubles with every chapter but I’m not complaining.)
I feel the same way, her book is such an enormous achievement. Thank you very much for your kind words. So glad you're enjoying, and yes same here regarding the rapidly growing reading list.