The Femme Fatale: Erotic Icon [Hardcover]

Virginia M. Allen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1983

This book explores the origins of the femme fatale, women who seduce men to their downfall. This exploration includes the image of the femme fatale in history, literature, art, and feminism.

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"The book is very readable and contains ample, good quality illustrations. A good addition to any college library."--CHOICE

Product Details

• Hardcover: 276 pages
• Publisher: Whitston Publishing Company (August 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878752676
• ISBN-13: 978-0878752676
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,644,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AN IMPORTANT BOOK THAT NEEDS TO BE REISSUED, February 11, 2001

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This review is from: The Femme Fatale: Erotic Icon (Hardcover)

I read this book when it was a doctoral dissertation and then went back and read it again as a finished book. It is a wonderful, all-encompassing study of the evolution of the femme fatale, in literature and painting. It's truly a massive undertaking that required a massive understanding on the part of the author. This book was foundational in my coming to understand the 19th century and the psychological and artistic environment from which the femme fatales of early Hollywood came. My own book, COMPLICATED WOMEN, would have been somewhat different -- somewhat thinner -- if I didn't have Allen's research to inform it. If Ms. Allen is out there, I'd love to thank her personally for a brilliant piece of work.