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Authors: Robert Greene
Chiang Kai-shek, 88-90
keys to, 74-77
flattery by, 218, 259
Childe Harold
(Byron), 351, 352
narcissism of, 67, 73, 74, 75, 76,
march on Fiume led by, 23, 273,
China, xix, 15, 76, 88-90, 172-73,
77
328
174, 224, 267-69, 291,
politicians as, 77
public spectacles given by, 275
297-300, 311-13
selective withdrawal by, 67, 70-71,
Darvas, Lili, 123
chivalry, 36-37, 38, 329-30
73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 390
d'Aunet, Léonie, 339
Choisy, Abbé de, 47-48
self-sufficiency of, 67, 71, 73,
David, King, xix, 237
Chrétien de Troyes, 329-30, 386-87
74-75, 76, 77
Davis, Ossie, 113
Christian, Linda, 398-99, 401
shadow as symbol of, 77
Dean, James, 123, 125, 127, 128
Churchill, Pamela,
see
Harriman,
space created by, 73
death, risking of, 327-29
Pamela Churchill
timing of, 78
Decameron, The
(Boccaccio), 214-17,
Churchill, Winston, 86, 115, 329
Coriolanus
(Shakespeare), 107
233-37, 362-67
Clarissa
(Richardson), 225, 315-16
courtesans, 11-12, 33, 38, 60-61, 75,
defensiveness, 57, 83, 207, 21 1, 215,
Claudin, Gustave, 60
86, 192, 194, 291, 299-300,
219, 224, 246, 247, 260, 418,
Claudius I, Emperor of Rome,
361-64, 396, 412, 436
434
136-37
courtly love, 36-37, 325-26, 333
de Gaulle, Charles, 99, 100, 101-2,
Cleopatra, xix, xx, xxi, xxiv, 7-9, 13,
Crébillon, 33
109, 114-16, 117,329
16, 184, 304, 378, 392, 412
Crébillon fils, 138-40, 401
seductive oratory of, 114, 115,
anti-seduction as defense against,
criticism, personal, 205-7, 208, 209,
253-54
145
210, 423, 424
"Delight in Disorder" (Herrick), 399
clothing of, 7, 8, 274
cruelty, 192, 349, 353, 356-57, 377,
deliverers, charismatic, 112-14
descriptions of, 8
379, 385, 390, 426
demonic performers, charismatic,
insecurity fostered by, 208
of Dandies, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47
106-7
isolation created by, 317
of Rakes, 26
Demonic Rakes, 21-24
mixed signals sent by, 192
in transgressing taboos, 349, 352,
Denon, Vivant, 213-15
mood changes of, 7—8, 9
353, 356-57
destiny, sense of, 177, 359, 365
poeticizing of, 283
Crushed Stars, 152-53
details, attention to, 38, 265-76, 425
sensual appeals of, 159
Cures for Love
(Ovid), 9, 172
banquet as symbol of, 276
theatricality of, 7, 8, 9
of clothing, 265, 268, 269, 270,
victims chosen by, 12, 172
Dandies, 3, 41-52, 75-76, 83, 153,
272, 273, 274
voice of, 7, 9, 14
192, 434
gifts in, 265, 268, 269, 274-75,
Clift, Montgomery, 51, 125, 437
aesthetic qualities in, 48-50, 51
279
clinging behavior, 415, 417, 419-20
ambiguity of, 41, 44, 45, 47, 51
mesmerizing effect of, 265,
Clinton, Bill, 26, 27, 93
bisexual appeal of, 50-51
267-69
clothing, xx, 34, 434, 436
confusion engendered by, 47
reversal of, 276
attention to details of, 265, 268,
cruelty in, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47
sensuous effect of, 265, 269-72
269, 270, 272, 273, 274
dangerousness of, 43, 44
slower pace in, 272, 273-74
of Dandies, 43, 44, 48-49, 50, 51
dangers to, 52
of spectacles, 265, 267-69, 275
of Sirens, 7, 8, 13, 14-15, 274
excitement engendered by, 47
Devil Is a Woman, The,
373
Cohn, Norman, 103
Feminine, 43-45
Dewa, 37
Cold Coquette, The
(Byron), 70
impudence of, 49, 51, 52
Diderot, Denis, xxiv-xxv
Colette, 48
keys to, 48-51
Dietrich, Marlene, 50, 121-23, 127,
complaining, 135, 293, 378, 418,
Masculine, 45-48
128, 129, 130, 192, 342, 373,
421
mental transvestitism of, 50
434
confessions, "honest," 284, 285,
nonconformity of, 46, 47, 48-49,
DiMaggio, Joe, 11, 13
287-88, 289
51
Dio Cassius, 7
con men, 66
orchid as symbol of, 51
Dionysus, 8
460
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Index
Diotima, 206-7, 208
Japan's
ukiyo
("floating world") as,
on suggestion, 215
Disappointed Dreamers, 150-51
435-37
on transference, 335-36
disenchantment, 415-29
mystical effects in, 434-35
on the uncanny, 126, 301-2, 304
clean quick breaks in, 415, 418,
theatricality of, 431, 434-35, 436,
Friedrich, Konrad, 297-99
425-26
439
Fröhlich, Rosa (fict.), 340-43
clinging behavior and, 415, 417,
visual stimuli in, 434
Fu Chai, King, xix, 15, 311-13
419-20
Warhol's Factory as, 437-38
Fujiwara no Korechika, 48, 65, 271
deliberate, 415, 418-20
envy, 16, 28
Fülöp-Miller, René, 104-5
disillusionment in, 40
Epton, Nina, 326, 354, 355
embers as symbol of, 428
Eros. 206-7, 208
Gallese, Duke and Duchess of, 22
familiarity in, 415, 418, 421
erotic fatigue, 117—18
Game of Hearts, The: Harriette Wilson's
inertia in, 417-18
Escher, M. C., 128
Memoirs
(Wilson), 48-49
pleasant separations in, 421-23
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 209
Gandhi, Mohandas K., 193, 358
see also
re-seduction
Euripides, xx
isolation created by, 317
Disraeli, Benjamin, 49, 57, 81,
Europa, 180-81
Garbo, Greta, 127
82-85, 93, 143-44, 210, 236
Exodus, Book of, 98
Garden of Eden, 24, 237
attention to details by, 274-75
Exotic Fetishists, 154-55
Gautier, Théophile, 49, 385
humor in persuasion by, 260
"Exotic Perfume" (Baudelaire),
Genesis, Book of, 232-33
mirroring by, 225
401-2
Genji, Prince (fict.), 63-65, 172,
poeticizing by, 284
Eyes of Youth,
43
269-71
victim played by, 292
George, Don, 419-20
dissatisfaction, perfectionistic, 140-41
Fallaci, Oriana, 374-76
Gérard, François-Pascal, 187, 188
Don Juan, legend of, xx, 19-20, 23,
falling in love, xix, xxi, xxii, 9, 36,
Gilbert and Sullivan, 189
24-25, 155, 170, 207-8, 209,
39, 44, 45, 46, 50, 76, 97, 134,
Gilda,
314
260, 400
149, 164, 205, 246, 377
Gillot, Henrik, 45
Don Juan
(Byron), 290
familiarity, 429
Gilot, Françoise, 25
doormats, anti-seductive, 134
in disenchantment, 415, 418, 421
Girard, Rene, 199, 200
doubts, 215, 282-83, 321, 323, 324,
poeticizing oneself vs., 277, 281,
Gladstone, William, 85, 93, 143-44
383, 389, 390, 393, 409, 410,
282, 284
Gleichen-Russwurm, Alexander von,
429
fear, 412, 418, 424
xxi
Drama Queens, 155
in pain mixed with pleasure, 369,
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, 300-301,
drama saints, charismatic, 1 10-12
377-78, 379
354
Dream of the Red Chamber, The
(Tsao
Feminine Dandies, 43-45
golden age, childhood as, 53, 55, 59
Hsueh Chin), 224, 270-72
Ferenczi, Sandor, 126
Gottfried von Strassburg, 12, 190-92,
Drouet, Juliette, 339-40
festivals, 433, 434, 435
354-55
Dryden, John, 233
Fetishistic Stars, 121-23
Grammont, Count de, 137-38, 183,
Dulce y Sabrosa
(Picón), 231-34
Fiume, march on, 23, 273, 328
324-25
dullness, deliberate, 183
flattery, 22, 85, 218, 233, 259, 289,
Grant, Gary, 125, 128, 129
Dumas, Alexander, 385
376, 403
Graves, Robert, 9-11, 55-58, 231,
Duncan, Isadora, 22, 259
Flaubert, Gustave, 364-65, 385
287-88
Duse, Eleanor, 22, 259
Floating Genders, 160
Greco, Juliette, 313
"floating world" (
ukiyo
)
,
435-37
greed, 199
Eastern Love,
137, 171
Flowers of Evil, The
(Baudelaire),
anti-seductive, 142-43
Easy Street,
58
314-15, 386, 401-2
Greek Myths, The
(Graves), 9-11,
Eddington, Nora, 399-400
Flynn, Errol, xxiv, 26, 130, 192, 201,
55-58, 231, 287-88
Edward VII, King of England, 396
291, 355
Greenfield, Liah, 102
ego ideal regression, 337-38,
physical lures of, 397-402, 403,
guilt, sense of, 176, 369, 378, 379,
343-46
404
422-23, 426
Einstein, Albert, 99
Tantrism practiced by, 410
in transgression of taboos, 349,
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 124, 174,
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The,
355, 357
317
43
Guinevere, Queen, 329-30, 386-87
Eisenstein, Sergei, 59
Fraser, Flora, 300-301
gurus, charismatic, 109-10
Either/Or
(Kierkegaard), 24, 256
French Revolution, 70, 116-17, 174,
Gwyn, Nell, 201, 420-21
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 90, 91
187, 328
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 75,
Freud, Sigmund, 70-71, 173, 182,
Hamilton, Lady Emma, 300-301,
84, 209, 346
188, 449
304
Ellington, Duke, xxiv, 182-83, 291,
Andreas-Salomé and, 76, 198, 199
Hamilton, Sir William, 300-301, 304
419-20, 421-23
on bisexuality, 50
hard sell, 443
empathy, 81, 157
on childhood as golden age, 55
Harriman, Averell, 85-87, 273, 318
environment, seductive, 431-39
disciples of, 76-77, 198, 199, 434
Harriman, Pamela Churchill, 85-87,
Casanova's creation of, 435,
on narcissism, 73, 74
273, 274, 318
438-39
on sexual taboos, 352-53
Hauptmann, Gerhart, 46
crowded conditions in, 434, 437
on spoiled children, 61
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 74
Index
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Hayworth, Rita, 313—15
impatience, anti-seductive, 134,
Jackson, Andrew, 446-48
heat, projected, 393, 395-97
137-38
Jagger, Mick, 50
heated glances, 396, 397, 402, 403
improvisation, 164, 248, 411
James I, King of England, 66, 235,
Helen of Troy, xix, xx, 11, 13
in proving oneself, 324-25
355
Hellmann, John, 124, 209
imps, 56-57, 59-61, 66
reverse parental regression and,
Hera, 9-11, 256-58, 287-88
inattentiveness, 136-37, 145
346-48
Hermaphroditus, 43-45
indifference, 409
Japan, 25, 37, 48, 50
Hermes (Mercury), 9-10, 43, 55-58
indirect approach, 177-84, 408-9
child-rearing practices in, 335-36
Herrick, Robert, 399
bland appearance in, 183
ukiyo
("floating world") of, 435-37
Hibbert, Eloise Talcott, 172-73,
bold moves after, 407-9
see also Tale of Genji, The
311-12
deliberate dullness in, 183
(Murasaki)
Hindu Art of Love, The
(Windsor,
disguising one's feelings in, 183
jealousy, 70, 76-77, 248, 390, 421,
ed.), 171-72, 411
friendship in, 177, 179-81, 182
423, 424, 425-26
Homer, 7-8, 11, 12-13, 256-58
illusion of control in, 181-82
in pain mixed with pleasure, 372,
"honest" confessions, 284, 285,
neutral distance in, 182-83
373, 374, 377
287-88, 289
reversal of, 184
triangles and, 197-98
honest courtesans, 38
sexual tension and, 182
Jeffers, Robinson, 109
Hot and Cold Coquettes, 67, 69-71,
spider's web as symbol of, 184
Joan of Arc, 102-4
76, 78
third parties in, 177, 183
Johnson, Lyndon B., 289
Hsi Shi, xix, 15, 311-13
see also
soft sell
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor,
Hugo, Victor, 338-40
infantile regression, 336-37, 338-40
301-2
Huxley, Aldous, 109
innocents, 54, 58-59, 66
Josephine, Empress of France, xxiv,
hypnosis, 261-62, 401, 402
"In Praise of Makeup" (Baudelaire),
13, 69-71, 74, 154, 217, 412
14
languorousness of, 12, 14, 69
Ibarruri, Dolores Gómez (La Pasioninsecurities, 48, 71, 74, 76, 77, 87, selective disclosure by, 15, 237
aria), 99-100
154, 155, 156, 163, 172, 173,
selective withdrawal by, 70, 78,
Ibn Hazm, 126, 183-84, 409
182, 193, 207, 210, 289, 291,
390
Ideal Lovers, 3, 29-40
359, 369, 377, 412, 419
tears as tactic of, 69, 70, 291-92
Beauty, 33-35
of Anti-Seducers, 131, 133, 138,
Journal of Our Life in the Highlands
in courtly love, 36-37