About the Author:
Bram Dijkstra is Professor of Comparative Literature at the
University of California, San Diego, and author of several books,
including Cubism, Stieglitz and the Early Poetry of William Carlos
Williams, A Recognizable Image, and Defoe and Economics.
"Excellent study of image of women in 19th century art and general
cultural attitudes during that period."--James Doan, Nova
University
"An excellent book for an undergraduate seminar--sparks lively
interest and discussion."--Edward Dickinson, University of
California, Berkeley
"Brilliant analysis, brilliant command of language."--Pauley M.
Stein, California State University
"[An] excellent book!"--John Murray, New York Institute of
Technology
"Dijkstra's straightforward discussion of misogyny in
nineteenth-century art is long overdue. His thematic groupings of
subject matter cut across lines of academic versus avant-garde,
which is very instructive for students to see."--F. Connelly,
University of Missouri
"A provocative and absorbing book."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York
Times
"This pioneering, witty, devastating survey breaks new ground in
tracing men's hatred toward women and how this fear and loathing
has shaped our culture."--Publishers Weekly
"[Dijkstra is] more than equal to the task of analyzing the
cultural war waged on women at the turn of the century....[Readers]
will not be able to forget [his] message, so applicable to the end
of our century--that ideological dualisms, whether about sex or
race, are also deadly."--Alessandra Comini, The New York Times Book
Review
"A stupendous work--deeply serious, wildly delightful, abounding in
new learning and insights."--Rudolph Binion, Journal of
Psychohistory
"A ground-breaking, important book....Will clearly be important to
art historians and feminist critics of the late nineteenth
century."--Susan Gubar, The Washington Times Magazine
"[A] witty and rewarding study of the 'iconography of misogyny' in
late nineteenth-century culture."--Elaine Showalter, The New
Republic
"A wonderfully compelling, original and lucid revelation of the
labyrinth of modern sexuality and culture."--Catharine R. Stimpson,
Rutgers University
"Dijkstra knows an awesome amount about late nineteenth-century
art. He displays his wares with enthusiasm and he explicates them
well....A gold mine of material."--Nina Auerbach, The Nation
"Dijkstra has a delightful knack for teaching us how to read a
painting. He translates critical jargon into informal nuggets we
can remember and use."--Sally Mitchell, The Philadelphia
Inquirer
"Utterly fascinating....In this profusely illustrated volume,
Dijkstra...documents a virulent misogyny that infected the arts in
turn-of-the-century Europe and America."--Michael S. Kimmel,
Psychology Today
"Thoroughly engrossing....A monumental, and monumentally
persuasive, study that cannot be ignored."--Mary Rose Sullivan, San
Diego Magazine
"Dijkstra is exhilarating when he gets down to description and
denunciation....[His book] is great fun to read."--Los Angeles
Times
"Exhaustively documented....A monumental labor of profound
significance. No serious student of humanity should miss
it."--Karol V. Menzie, The Baltimore Sun
"A fascinating and devastating survey."--Richmond Times
Dispatch
"A startling view of late nineteenth-century attitudes toward
women, depicted in virtually every aspect of culture: artistic,
literary, scientific, and political."--Antiques and Arts Weekly
"A substantial contribution to the study of nineteenth-century
culture and to feminist studies. Its analysis of the permutations
of anti-woman hostility is both perceptive and persuasive."--Robert
Pattison, Long Island University
"Richly illustrated....A strong and chilling book."--The Village
Voice
"A whole lexicon of images fraught with the conflicting tensions of
erotic temptation and deadly threat."--The Wall Street Journal
"An important contribution to our understanding of modern sexuality
and culture. Dijkstra's analysis of literature is solid and deeply
rooted in its historical context....A superb and rewarding
book."--The Sunday Times (London)
"[Dijkstra's] purpose is a serious one--to analyse the elements
which contributed to the concept of feminine evil at the fin de
siècle...Dijkstra writes with verve and humor....This is a deeply
unsettling book, which no one interested in the birthright of
twentieth-century social values should ignore."--Patricia Morison,
Sunday Telegraph (London)
"A brilliant analysis."--Pauley M. Stein, California State
University
"Sophisticated, intellectually stimulating both for teachers and
students. Important intertextual connections."--Hannelore Mundt,
University of Wyoming
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