Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)

Is Emily Dickinson "the female Sade"? Is Donatello's David a bit of paedophile pornography? What is the secret kinship between Byron and Elvis Presley, between the Medusa and Madonna? How do liberals …

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