Sexual Personae - Chapters 22. American Decadents: Poe, Hawthorne, Melville | 23. The American Decadents: Emerson, Whitman, James | 24. Amherst's Madame de Sade: Emily Dickinson (Patron-Only)
In these Chapters Paglia explores Decadence in American authors and finishes the book with a powerful chapter on the poet Emily Dickinson, comparing her to The Marquis de Sade.
Chapter 22: https://youtu.be/yMSVQNTEI5s?si=oHj55hxMluAaSeak
Chapter 23: https://youtu.be/yMSVQNTEI5s?si=0jMgxwWC4XdOElHQ&t=918
Chapter 24: https://youtu.be/yMSVQNTEI5s?si=DeQyITtdni4-56kP&t=1421
Comments (3)
Hoping for more appearances from the ghost of Emily Dickinson!
Stunning achievement, this video series has been. These videos have been a serious contribution to the reading experience. Thank you for pointing us to this work, I think I’ve only managed to assimilate a couple of core ideas from it but it shall be a deep well to return to. Great work, bud.
Thank you very much my friend, so glad you enjoyed it!