书目

Dangerous Women 危险的女性

内容简介

Aselectionofsixtypowerfullyseductivewomen,fromBiblicaltimestothepresentday,featuringmythicalandrealheroines.Themostmemorablestoriesthroughouthistoryfeatureapowerful,seductivewomanwhohasanirresistibleholdoverthemaninherlife.ThealluringCleopatra,likeHelenofTroy,inspiredloverstothebattlefieldinabravedisplayofloyalty.EveandPandorawreackedhavocwhentheytemptedmentodefythelawsoftheday.TraitorousDalilabroughttheall-powerfulSamsontohiskneesasshedivestedhimofhismagicalmane.LovesickJulietandHamlet’sOpheliachosedeathoverlifeinacourageousdisplayofhonortotheirforbiddenpassion.TheenchantingScheherazadeofOneThousandandOneNightssavedherselffromcertaindeaththroughherexceptionalcapacityforstorytelling.Eachofthesewomenwasbraveandsteadfast,andtheirstorieshaveinspiredartiststhroughoutthehistoryofart.Inthisgalleryoffemmesfatales,feministhistorianLaureAdlerguidesusthroughtheagestorediscoverincredibleheroines.TheirstoriesareillustratedwithiconicworksbymasterssuchasdaVinci,Michelangelo,Botticelli,Rubens,Goya,Sargent,Picasso,Dali,Warhol,SaintPhalle,andTraceyEmin.

作者简介

LaureAdlerisajournalist,historian,andwriterspecializinginwomen’shistoryandfeminisminthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.Sheistheauthorofnumerousworks,notablyUntilTonightandabiographyofMargueriteDuras.ElisaLécosseisadoctorofarthistoryandhaspublishedLoveintheLouvreandabookonRenaissanceiconography.ShelecturesfrequentlyinFranceandtheU.K.

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