Camille Paglia
Autore di Sexual personae: arte e decadenza da Nefertiti a Emily Dickinson
Sull'Autore
Camille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
Fonte dell'immagine: Misa Martin
Opere di Camille Paglia
Camille Paglia on Ayn Rand 1 copia
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- Nome canonico
- Paglia, Camille
- Nome legale
- Paglia, Camille Anna
- Data di nascita
- 1947-04-02
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Endicott, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Endicott, New York, USA (birth)
Oxford, New York, USA
Syracuse, New York, USA - Istruzione
- State University of New York, Binghamton (Harpur College) (BA|1968)
Yale University (MPhil|1971, PhD|1974) - Attività lavorative
- professor
author
social critic
cultural critic
Professor of Humanities and Media Studies - Organizzazioni
- Bennington College
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Breve biografia
- American author, teacher and social critic. Her book, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson, published in 1990, became a bestseller. Since 1984 Paglia has been a Professor at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- Opere
- 12
- Opere correlate
- 8
- Utenti
- 5,024
- Popolarità
- #4,980
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 44
- ISBN
- 77
- Lingue
- 9
- Preferito da
- 19
At over 600 pages, hammering away at the same theme, it might be a bit long, and the last chapters on American literature are perhaps among the least engaging, though it may be that I just became ground down after several hundred pages, or that her subjects chosen from American literature are simply the least suited to her thesis (a possibility she herself acknowledges in comparing American culture to European). When, therefore, she finally arrives at Emily Dickinson, the subject which the title suggests will be the culmination, if not the actual climax, of the entire book, it's almost impossible not to be disappointed because you want so much for it to be more than it is.
All that said, the book is surely a classic, and an engrossing read whether you agree or disagree with her argument.… (altro)