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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,
By anonymous (san francisco, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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.
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The Femme Fatale: Erotic Icon by Virginia M. Allen (Hardcover - Aug. 1983)
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