The Art of Seduction (93 page)

142

(Queen Victoria), 84

dangers to, 40

of countries, 225

judgmentalism, 1 52, 404

effort required of, 33

flattery aimed at, 259

in Anti-Seducers, 133, 134

keys to, 36-39

insinuation, art of, 127, 211-18, 389,

Julius Caesar (Shakespeare),
258-60

Madonna/whore as, 38

390

Jullian, Philippe, 22

missing qualities provided by,

dropping hints in, 211, 216

Jung, Carl, 76

32-33, 34-35, 36, 39

gestures and looks in, 211, 217-18

Jungian archetypes, 36-37

noble qualities evoked by, 35-36,

imagination and, 216

Jurgens, Ernest, 395-96

39

passing comments in, 211, 215, 216

patient attentiveness of, 38

pleasure provided by, 218

Kaus, Gina, 303

politicians as, 38-39, 40

in politics, 216-17

Keaton, Buster, 58

portrait painter as symbol of, 39

retraction with apology in, 211,

Kennedy, John F., xxi, xxiv, 40, 51,

reputation of, 33, 37-38

215, 217

117, 123-26, 127, 128, 130,

Romantic, 31-33

reversal of, 218

224,329

self-sacrifice of, 36-38

seed as symbol of, 218

adventurousness of, 101, 102

subtle indications observed by, 33,

slight physical contact in, 215

disarming weaknesses of, 290-91

36

slips of the tongue in, 217

insinuation used by, 217

ideals, lost, 39, 203, 208-10, 226,

vagueness in, 216

isolation as technique of, 317

317

"Invitation to the Voyage" (Baudelost ideals and, 39, 208-10, 317

Idol Worshipers, 158

laire), 314-1 5

missing qualities offered by, 174

Idylle Saphique
(Pougy), 362

irrationality, 55, 378

mixed signals sent by, 193

Ihara Saikaku, 268, 421-22

isolation, creation of, 309—18

poeticizing of, 283

Iliad, The
(Homer), 256-58

deceptive appearances and, 315

Key, Wilson Bryan, 289

illusions, creation of, 82, 295-307,

exotic effect in, 311-13, 317

Kierkegaard, Søren, xxiv, 24, 31,

364

from family and friends, 316, 317,

169-70, 171, 172, 179-80, 181,

appearance of normality in, 304

318

182, 193, 201, 224, 246, 254,

changing the past in, 306

hint of danger in, 317

255-57, 279, 289-90, 291, 357,

dreams realized through, 303-4

on islands, 317

373, 387-88, 389

of gender, 297-300, 304

"only you" effect in, 313-15

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 113

reversal of, 307

from past attachments, 316-17

Kissinger, Henry A., 93, 183,

role playing in, 305

Pied Piper as symbol of, 318

374-75, 378

Shangri-La as symbol of, 307

by politicians, 317

knights, 36-37, 329-30, 331-32

uncanny effects in, 304

by religious sects, 317

Kolowrat, Count Sascha, 122

wish fulfillment in, 300-303

reversal of, 318

Kou Chien, King, 15, 311-13

462
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Index

Kriegel, Maurice, 253

Louis XIV, King of France, 19, 35,

religious mystics of, 366

Krishnamurti,Jiddu, 75-76, 109-10,

47, 49, 179-81, 282

troubadours of, xx, 36-37, 291,

358

Louis XV, King of France, 16, 33-35,

325,331

Kuang Hsu, Emperor, 267-69

36, 127, 216, 247, 249, 274, 435

Middleton-Murry,John, 206, 208

Kundera, Milan, 66

Louis XVIII, King of France, 426-27

Midgette, Allen, 72

Louÿs, Pierre, 371-74

Midsummer Night's Dream, A
(ShakeLa Bruyere, Jean de, 49

Love Happy,
1 0

speare), 297

Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de, xix-xx,

lovers' quarrels, 76

Milbanke, Annabella, 353

xxiv, 25, 169-71,287-89,

Low, Ivy, 206, 208

Miller, Arthur, 12, 13

407-9, 418-20

Lucian, 420-21, 422

Ming Huang, Emperor, 76, 174, 270,

Ladd, Alan, 123

Lursay, Madame de (fict.), 138-40

272-73

Lake, Veronica, 128

miraculous prophets, charismatic,

Lamb, Lady Caroline, 351-52, 353,

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 118

102-4

354

Madame Bovary
(Flaubert), 364-65

mirroring, 45, 219-27, 279, 403,

Lamotte-Valois, Comtesse de, 305-6

Madonna/whore, 38

411, 412

Lancelot, Sir, 329-30, 386-87

makeup, xix, 8, 9, 10, 13, 434

by Charmers, 82

Lang, Fritz, 122

Making a Living,
58, 59

focused attention in, 226

language, seductive, xx, 153, 251-63,

Malcolm X, 111, 112-14

of gender roles, 224-25

273

Malet, Elizabeth, 26

hunter's mirror as symbol of, 226

affirmation in, 261, 262

Malraux, Andre, 121

imitation in, 221-22, 223

ambiguity and vagueness in, 254,

Mandel, Oscar, 23, 208, 232

indulgence in, 219, 223

258, 262, 263, 448

Mandrell, James, 200, 207

of lost ideals, 226

arguing vs., 260

Mann, Heinnch, 340-43

narcissism and, 224

boldness in, 262

Mansfield, Katherine, 206

by outsiders, 225

changes of perspective in, 261

Mao, Madame (Jiang Qing), 78, 173,

reversal of, 227

of Charismatics, 99-100, 108, 111,

201, 249, 379,403, 412

of spiritual values, 225

114, 115-16

Mao Zedong, 77, 78, 88-89, 99, 118,

in writing, 257

clouds as symbol of, 262

173, 201, 249, 403

missing qualities, 149, 207, 208-9

diabolic vs. symbolic, 262

Margaret of Navarre, Queen, xxi,

and choice of victim, 171, 173-74

emotion vs. reason in, 260-61

326-31

Ideal Lovers and, 32-33, 34-35,

flattery in, 22, 85, 218, 233, 259,

Marguerite de Valois, 14-15, 412

36, 39

376, 403

Marianne
(Marivaux), 75, 292

mixed signals, 185-94, 223

flowery language vs., 263

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France,

artificial vs. natural, 189-91

normal language vs., 258-59

305-6

cold vs. hot, 192-93;
see also
Cooratory, xx, 22-23, 24, 114, 115, Marivaux, Pierre, 69, 75, 292

quettes

235-36, 253-54, 258-60, 261,

Mark Antony, xix, 8, 12, 13, 145,

depth suggested by, 185, 192

275

159, 172,208,258-61,274,

in first impressions, 191, 192-93

producing an effect with, 254, 259

283, 378, 392, 412

gender roles and, 192

promises in, 259, 260

Marx, Groucho, 10

gcod vs. bad, 187-89

of Rakes, 17, 19, 20, 22-24, 25

Mary, Queen of Scots, 346

imagination engaged by, 191

repetition in, 261-62

Masculine Dandies, 45-48

inner vs. outward qualities in,

reversal of, 263

masochism, 47, 71, 155, 237, 332,

192-93

self-absorption vs., 258

357, 378

paradox in, 190-91

silence vs., 263

mass seduction,
see
Charismatics;

in politics, 193

in soft sell, 445

politicians; soft sell

reputation and, 193

strong emotions roused by, 261

Maurois, Andre, 83

reversal of, 194

see also
writing

Maxwell, Elsa, 313, 314

theater curtain as symbol of, 194

Lauzun, Antonin Péguilin, Duke de,

Mayer, J. P., 125

Mohammed Riza Pahlavi, Shah of

xx, 75, 179-81, 201, 282

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave

Iran, 313, 375

Lawner, Lynne, 13, 299-300

(Chateaubriand), 337, 345

Molière, 22, 207-8, 258

Lawrence, D. H., 205-7, 208, 209,

Menken, Adah Isaacs, 100

Molina, Tirso de, 19-20, 232

210, 400, 423-25

mental superiority, sense of, 155-56

moment, the, 423, 435

Leadbeater, Charles, 109

Merteuil, Marquise de (fict.), 418-20

abandonment to, 21, 25

Le Gallienne, Richard, 191

Mesmer, Franz, 434—35

leading into, 393, 400, 402-4

Lemaître, Jules, 49

Messalina, 136-37

Mona Lisa
(da Vinci), 188

Lenin, V. I., 98, 99, 101, 107-9, 183,

Metamorphoses
(Ovid), 43-45, 71-74,

Mondale, Walter, 450

201-2

121-23, 180-81, 182-83

Monneyron, Frédéric, 181-82

Leonardo da Vinci, 188

Metternich, Prince Klemens von,

Monroe, Marilyn, xxiv, 9-11, 12, 13,

Lesbos, island of, 317, 362-63

188, 343

14, 16, 101, 125, 130, 192, 274,

Lewis, Arthur H., 395-96, 398

Michels, Roberto, 77

291, 338

Lincoln, Abraham, 99

Middle Ages, 103, 328

Monsieur Beaucaire,
44

Lonely Leaders, 159

courtly love in, 36-37, 325-26,

Montez, Lola, 173, 199-200, 357

lost ideals, 39, 203, 208-10, 226, 317

331

Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise

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463

d'Orleans, Duchess de, 179-81,

Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, 105,

timing of, 379

201, 282

107, 201

Pampered Royals, 151, 421

mood changes, xix, 7-8, 9, 11, 249,

Nietzsche, Friedrich, xxii, xxiii, 36

Paris, xix, 13

312, 418-19

Andreas-Salomé and, 45-46, 47,

Judgment of, 9-11

moralizers, anti-seductive, 134, 143-44

52, 197-98, 199, 227

Pasionaria, La (Dolores Gómez IbarMorin, Edgar, 121, 124-25

Ninon de l'Enclos, xx, 75, 183, 192,

ruri), 99-100

Morosini, Countess, 328

217, 223, 224-25, 293, 409,

Patience
(Gilbert and Sullivan), 189

Moscovici, Serge, 83, 199, 221-22

417, 425-26

Pawnbroker, The,
58

Moses, 98, 113, 114

Niou, Prince (fict.), 25

Pearl, Cora, 59-61, 66, 291

Much Ado About Nothing
(ShakeNisan, 37

Pearson, Hesketh, 189-90

speare), 183

Nixon, Richard M., 123-24, 374,

Perón, Evita, 110-12

Murasaki Shikibu, xxiv, 25, 61,

375

poeticizing of, 279-81, 283-84

63-65, 140-41, 269-71, 287

"No Tomorrow" (Denon), 213-15

Perón, Juan, 111, 279-81

Musil, Robert, 227

Novices, 153

persuasion, xx-xxi, 215-16, 317

Musset, Alfred de, 40, 281

argument vs. humor in, 260

Mussolini, Benito, 102, 275

Octavia, 8

emotion vs. reason in, 260-61, 444

Mut, Professor (fict.), 340-43

Octavius, 8, 16, 145, 378

Peter I "the Great," Czar of Russia, 99

Mythic Stars, 123-26

Odyssey, The
(Homer), 7-8, 11, 12-13

Peter III, Czar of Russia, 37, 90, 201,

oedipal regression, 333, 337, 340-43

225, 300

Napoleon I, Emperor of France, xx,

Olympian actors, charismatic, 114-16

Petronius, 50, 201

14, 99, 187, 200, 261, 298, 326

Onassis, Aristotle, 313

Philip III, King of Spain, 234-35

calculated surprise by, 243

On Love
(Stendhal), 58, 170, 280-82,

physical lures, 393-404

as Charismatic, 101, 102, 111

284, 375-77

devil-may-care attitude and, 404

Coquette played by, 77

opinion, influencing, xx-xxi

disordered look in, 402-3

French re-seduced by, 426-28

oratory, seductive, xx, 22-23, 24,

flattery and, 403

insinuation used by, 216-17

114, 115, 235-36, 253-54,

focused attention and, 401-2

Josephine and, 13, 69-71, 74, 78,

258-60, 261, 275

heated glances in, 396, 397, 402,

154, 217, 291-92, 390, 412

Orléans, Duchess d', 21

403

missing qualities offered by, 1 74

Orléans, Duke d', 19-20

as leading into the moment, 393,

Talleyrand and, 38-39

Orlov, Gregory, 90

400, 402-4

temptations created by, 235-36

Orsay, Count d', 49

lowering inhibitions by, 393,

Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon), EmOrtega y Gasset, Jose, xxii, 282-83

397-401

peror of France, 339-40

Otero, Caroline "La Belle," 194, 398,

mental activity lulled by, 393,

narcissism, 41, 45, 50, 82, 157, 219

402, 412

400-401, 402, 403

of Coquettes, 67, 73, 74, 75, 76,

heat projected by, 395-97

physical excitation aroused by, 399,

77

Overstreet, H. A., 60

400, 402, 403

mirroring and, 224

Ovid, xx, xxii, xxiv, 9, 43-45,

projected heat in, 393, 395-97

Narcissus, 71-74

71-74, 81-82, 121-23, 135-36,

raft as symbol of, 404

natural phenomena, 55

172, 179, 180-81, 182-83, 221,

reversal of, 404

Naturals, 3, 53-66

253-54, 255, 279-80, 323, 331,

sensual appeal of, 402

dangers to, 66

352, 371-72, 397, 408-9,

shared physical activity in, 398,

disarming weakness of, 53, 56, 59

418-19, 423-24

400, 403

examples of, 58-65

slight physical contacts in, 395,

fantasy world created by, 63