"[A]n important work. . . . Shifting nimbly from close textual analysis to biographical or scientific information, from psychoanalytic speculation to anecdotes of social history, this original, exciting study offers . . . a truly liberal view of the seriousness and importance of all our representational activities."--Leo Bersani
"[A]n important work. . . . Shifting nimbly from close textual analysis to biographical or scientific information, from psychoanalytic speculation to anecdotes of social history, this original, exciting study offers . . . a truly liberal view of the seriousness and importance of all our representational activities."--Leo Bersani
Preface to the Duke Edition vii Acknowledgments xi List of Illustrations xiii Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 1. Parent-Duchâtelet: Engineer of Abjection 8 2. Cashing in on Hearts of Gold: Balzac and Sue 34 3. Barbey's Dandy Narratives 69 4. Manet's Olympia: The Figuration of Scandal 89 5. The Idea of Prostitution in Flaubert 129 6. Degas's Brothels: Voyeurism and Ideology 157 7. Decomposing Venus: The Corpse of Naturalism 200 8. Huysmans: Syphilis, Hysteria, and Sublimation 234 Conclusion 266 Notes 277 Credits 321 Index 323
Preface to the Duke Edition vii Acknowledgments xi List of Illustrations xiii Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 1. Parent-Duchâtelet: Engineer of Abjection 8 2. Cashing in on Hearts of Gold: Balzac and Sue 34 3. Barbey's Dandy Narratives 69 4. Manet's Olympia: The Figuration of Scandal 89 5. The Idea of Prostitution in Flaubert 129 6. Degas's Brothels: Voyeurism and Ideology 157 7. Decomposing Venus: The Corpse of Naturalism 200 8. Huysmans: Syphilis, Hysteria, and Sublimation 234 Conclusion 266 Notes 277 Credits 321 Index 323
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