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Index
Abrantès, Duchess d', 14
brutes, 134, 137-38
vulgarians, 135—36
absences,
see
calculated absences
bumblers, 135, 138-40
windbags, 135, 145
Adams, Cindy, 221-23
complaining by, 135, 293, 378,
Antony and Cleopatra
(Shakespeare),
Adams, John Quincy, 446-48
418, 421
267-68, 418
advertisements, xx, 444
crab as symbol of, 144
anxiety and discontent, inducement
Aesthetic Rakes, 423
defensiveness in, 57
of, 203-10, 236, 255, 376-77,
Aga Khan III, 313
as deliberate disenchantment, 415,
378, 418
aggressive attention, 257
418-20
Cupid's arrow as symbol of, 210
Aging Babies, 156-57
disengagement from, 145
deceptive appearances and, 207
Agnelli, Gianni, 273
doormats, 134
exotic stranger as, 208-9
Alberoni, Francesco, 205
examples of, 136-44
lost ideals in, 203, 209-10
Albert, Prince of Monaco, 396, 397
excessive pride in, 142
missing qualities in, 207, 208-9
Alcibiades, 46-47, 48, 74-76,
greed in, 142-43
personal criticism in, 205-7, 208,
191-92, 243-44
impatience in, 134, 137—38
209, 210, 423, 424
Alexander I, Czar of Russia, 216-17
inattentiveness of, 136—37, 145
by politicians, 209-10
Aly Khan, Prince, 313-15, 317
insecurity of, 131, 133, 138, 142
reversal of, 210
American Tobacco Company,
judgmentalism in, 133, 134
strategic withdrawal in, 388-89,
448-50
moralizers, 134, 143-44
390, 391
Amores, The
(Ovid), 253-54, 331,
neediness in, 59, 74, 75, 134, 293
Aphrodite (Venus), 8, 9-11, 14, 43,
351-52
perfectionistic dissatisfaction in,
122-23, 206-7, 256-57, 259,
Andreas Capellanus, 134-35, 324,
140-41
269, 283, 403
422-23
reactors, 135
Apollo, 55-58
Andreas-Salomé, Lou, 45-47, 50, 52,
self-absorption in, 75, 131, 133,
Ardent Rakes, 19-21
76, 154, 197-99, 227, 357, 390,
137, 138, 140
arguing, 257, 260, 445
412
self-awareness lacked by, 131
Aristophanes, 47, 207
anger, 8, 9, 69, 76, 374
self-consciousness of, 135, 138—40
armed prophets, 118
Anger, Kenneth, 50
suffocators, 134
Arthur, King, 329
Anne of Austria, 355
tightwads, 134—35
Art of Love, The
(Ovid), xx, xxii,
Anti-Seducers, xxiv, 3-4, 49, 65,
types of, 133-36
xxiv, 81-82, 135-36, 179, 221,
131-45, 155
ulterior motives in, 142-43
255, 279-80, 323, 371-72, 397,
aggressive attention of, 257
ungenerosity of, 133, 134-35
408-9, 418-19, 423-44
arguing by, 260
uses of, 145
As You Like It
(Shakespeare), 50
457
458
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Index
Athene, 9-11
breakups, 369, 378
victims chosen by, 40, 172
attention, aggressive, 257
see also
disenchantment
Castiglione, Baldassare, 133-34,
attention, focused, 33, 273, 417
Brent, Harrison, 297-99
197-99, 272
of Charmers, 79, 81-82, 86, 87
Bride of Abydos, The
(Byron), 353
Castro, Fidel, 102
in mirroring, 226
Brummel, George "Beau," 48-49,
Catherine de Médicis, Queen of
physical lures and, 401-2
52, 192, 434
France, 15
Auguste, Prince of Prussia, 187-88
brutes, anti-seductive, 134, 137—38
Catherine II "the Great," Empress of
authentic animals, charismatic, 104-5
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke
Russia, 90-92, 93
of, 66, 235, 346-48, 355
contrast provided by, 201
Bacall, Lauren, 14
Bulliet, C.J., 47-48
Potemkin and, 274, 300-303
Baker, Josephine, 50, 61-63, 66
bumblers, anti-seductive, 135, 138-40
Saltykov and, 37-38, 225-26
calculated surprise by, 248
Buñuel, Luis, 373
Chalon, Jean, 361-62
French mirrored by, 225
Buruma, Ian, 336
Chambers, Jessie, 205-6, 208
banal conversation, 183
Bussy-Rabutin, Count, 324-25
Chaplin, Charlie, 58-59
Bank, The,
58
Butler, Samuel, 81
charisma, xx, xxi, 95, 97-98, 329
Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules-Amédée, 49
Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 26, 70,
Charismatics, 3, 95-118, 317
Barney, Natalie, xxiv, xxv, 154, 317,
153, 304
adventurousness of, 101-2
323
disarming weaknesses of, 290, 291
as armed prophets, 118
spiritual lures of, 361-63, 364,
"honest" confessions of, 284
authentic animals, 104-5
365-66, 404
reputation of, 27, 193, 379
counterreactions to, 116-18
Barrymore, John, 109
taboos transgressed by, 351-54,
dangers to, 116-18
Bataille, Georges, 374-75
355, 357
deliverers, 112—14
Bathsheba, xix, 237
"undertook" of, 217, 290, 403
demonic performers, 106-7
Baudelaire, Charles Pierre, 14, 46,
drama saints, 110-12
170, 314-15, 354, 401-2
Caesar, Julius, xix, 7-8, 12, 13, 208,
erotic fatigue and, 117-18
strategic withdrawal by, 385-88
283,317
fervency of, 101
Baudrillard, Jean, xxiii, 9, 126-27,
assassination of, 258-61
gurus, 109-10
288,385
calculated absences, 288, 390, 392,
lamp as symbol of, 11 6
Beauties, 156
415, 418
magnetism of, 98, 102
Beauty Ideal, 33-35
in pain mixed with pleasure, 372,
miraculous prophets, 102-4
Belleroche, Maud de, 243-44
373-74
mysteriousness of, 95, 99
Bernays, Edward, 449—50
in poeticizing oneself, 277, 283-84
Olympian actors, 114-16
Bjerre, Poul, 47
calculated effects, 188, 190, 289
piercing gaze of, 95, 100-101, 102,
Blue Angel, The
(
film
)
,
121-22
calculated surprises, 34-35, 241-50,
104
Blue Angel, The
(Mann), 340-43
420-21, 429
prophetic gifts in, 99, 104
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 214-17,
improvisation vs., 248
purposefulness of, 98-99
233-37, 362-67
mood changes as, 249
saintliness of, 99
bold moves, 405-13
personal character revealed by,
saviors, 107-9
bracing effect of, 410
245-46
seductive language of, 99-100,
feminine, 412
in re-seduction, 420-21
108, 111, 114, 115-16
humility vs., 409-10
reversal of, 249
self-awareness of, 100
indirect approach preceding, 407-9
roller coaster as symbol of, 248
successors of, 118
infecting with emotions in, 412
sudden encounters in, 247-48
on television, 114, 115-16
opportune moment for, 410—1 1
Caligula, Emperor of Rome, 136
theatricality of, 100
as pleasant surprise, 411
Camus, Albert, 83
types of, 102-16
reversal of, 413
Canouville, Jules de, 326-27
uninhibitedness of, 100, 107
signs of readiness for, 408, 409,
Capote, Truman, 71
vulnerability of, 101
411, 412
Carter, Angela, 281
Charles I, King of England, 355
summer storm as symbol of, 413
Carter, Jimmy, 202
Charles II, King of England, 201,
theatricality of, 411-12
Casanova, Giovanni Giacomo, xx,
420-21
vanity and, 408-9
xxii, xxiv, 31-33, 36, 128, 373
Charmers, 3, 79-93, 153, 210, 376
Bonaparte, Lucien, 187
anti-seducer encountered by,
antagonism harmonized by, 82
Bonaparte, Napoleon,
see
Napoleon
142-43
art of, 81-83
I, Emperor of France
calculated surprise of, 243-46, 247
dangers to, 93
Bonaparte, Pauline, 14, 200, 297-99,
direct approach of, 184, 218
deceptive appearances and, 85
304-5, 326-27
indirect approach of, 182
derivation of term, 81
Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The
mirroring by, 224
ease and comfort created by, 79,
(Kundera), 66
mixed signals and, 194
82, 86-87
Bourdon, David, 33-34
role playing of, 305
examples of, 83-92
Bouriscout, Bernard, 173-74,
seductive environment and time
focused attention of, 79, 81-82,
297-300, 304
created by, 435, 438-39
86, 87
Brantôme, Seigneur de, 139-41,
spiritual lures used by, 367
indulgent attitude of, 79, 85, 418
268-69, 290-92, 409-10
temptation of, 236-37
mirror as symbol of, 92
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mirroring by, 82
Conquerors, 153—54
physical image of, 41, 43, 44, 45,
pleasure provided by, 82, 85
Conrad, Earl, 398-99
48-49, 50-51
politicians as, 81, 82, 83-85, 87,
Constant, Benjamin, 188, 344
politicians as, 51
88-92, 93
contrasts, 201-2, 270-71, 274, 427,
social seduction by, 48-50
self-possession in adversity shown
428, 447
visual style of, 48-49
by, 83
Cooper, Gary, 125
Dandy, The
(Baudelaire), 46
sexuality and, 81, 87
Coquettes, 3, 67-68, 156, 172, 237,
Dangerous Liaisons
(Laclos), xxiv, 25,
subtlety of, 81
291, 412
127, 169-71, 287-89, 407-9,
timing of, 90-91, 92, 93
Cold, 71-73, 77, 78
418-20
understanding attitude of, 81
confusion engendered by, 75
dangerousness, 354
as useful to others, 83, 87
dangers to, 78
of Dandies, 43, 44
Chateaubriand, François René, Viexcitement engendered by, 75
of Rakes, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27
comte de, 188, 226, 284, 337
hatred engendered by, 78
of Sirens, 5, 11, 12-13
ego ideal regression of, 343-46
Hot and Cold, 67, 69-71, 76, 78,
D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 21-24, 192,
Chekhov, Michael, 10
192-93
291
Chevalier, Maurice, 395-96, 397
jealousy incited by, 76-77
death risked by, 327-29