Review "This unique book will change and deepen the sense of what sexual desire has meant and means in the culture that we inhabit, and that inhabits us in turn."—Jeff Nunokawa, Princeton University"This is a criticism of nearly Nietzschean wit. Halpern goes about his intellectual business with a combination of deep levity and sustaining seriousness."—Joseph Loewenstein, Washington University"Halpern's intriguing book traces an enigmatic core of ideas in some of the most beguiling works of Western theory, art, and literature. Highly recommended."—Choice"A witty, provocative, and timely book . . . that takes much current discussion of gender, aesthetics, and sexuality one step further."—Sixteenth Century Journal Read more About the Author Richard Halpern is the author of Shakespeare Among the Moderns. He is Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more
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