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The Art of Seduction

Abrantès, Duchess d’

absences, see calculated absences Adams, Cindy

Adams, John Quincy advertisements

Aesthetic Rakes Aga Khan III

aggressive attention Aging Babies Agnelli, Gianni Alberoni, Francesco

Albert, Prince of Monaco Alcibiades

Alexander I, Czar of Russia Aly Khan, Prince

American Tobacco Company

Amores, The (Ovid) Andreas Capellanus Andreas-Salomé, Lou anger

Anger, Kenneth Anne of Austria Anti-Seducers

aggressive attention of arguing by

brutes

bumblers complaining by crab as symbol of defensiveness in

as deliberate disenchantment disengagement from

doormats

examples of

excessive pride in greed in

impatience in

inattentiveness of insecurity of judgmentalism in moralizers

neediness in

perfectionistic dissatisfaction in reactors

self-absorption in

self-awareness lacked by self-consciousness of suffocators

tightwads types of

ulterior motives in ungenerosity of

uses of

vulgarians windbags

Antonyand Cleopatra (Shakespeare) anxiety and discontent, inducement of Cupid’s arrow as symbol of

deceptive appearances and exotic stranger as

lost ideals in missing qualities in personal criticism in by politicians

reversal of

strategic withdrawal in Aphrodite (Venus) Apollo

Ardent Rakes arguing

Aristophanes armed prophets Arthur, King

Art of Love, The (Ovid)

As You Like It (Shakespeare)

Athene

attention, aggressive attention, focused

of Charmers in mirroring

physical lures and Auguste, Prince of Prussia

authentic animals, charismatic

Bacall, Lauren Baker, Josephine

calculated surprise by French mirrored by banal conversation Bank, The

Barbey d’Aurevilly, Jules-Amédée Barney, Natalie

spiritual lures of Barrymore, John Bataille, Georges Bathsheba

Baudelaire, Charles Pierre

strategic withdrawal by Baudrillard, Jean

Beauties Beauty Ideal

Belleroche, Maud de Bernays, Edward Bjerre, Poul

Blue Angel, The (film) Blue Angel, The (Mann) Boccaccio, Giovanni bold moves

bracing effect of feminine humility vs.

indirect approach preceding infecting with emotions in opportune moment for

as pleasant surprise reversal of

signs of readiness for summer storm as symbol of theatricality of

vanity and Bonaparte, Lucien

Bonaparte, Napoleon, see Napoleon I, Emperor of France Bonaparte, Pauline

Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The (Kundera) Bourdon, David

Bouriscout, Bernard Brantôme, Seigneur de breakups

see also disenchantment Brent, Harrison

Bride of Abydos, The (Byron)

Brummel, George “Beau” brutes, anti-seductive

Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of Bulliet. J.

bumblers, anti-seductive Buñuel, Luis

Buruma, Ian

Bussy-Rabutin, Count Butler, Samuel

Byron, George Gordon, Lord disarming weaknesses of

“honest” confessions of reputation of

taboos transgressed by “underlook” of

Caesar, Julius assassination of calculated absences

in pain mixed with pleasure in poeticizing oneself calculated effects

calculated surprises improvisation vs. mood changes as

personal character revealed by in re-seduction

reversal of

roller coaster as symbol of sudden encounters in Caligula, Emperor of Rome Camus, Albert

Canouville, Jules de

Capote, Truman Carter, Angela Carter, Jimmy

Casanova, Giovanni Giacomo anti-seducer encountered by calculated surprise of

direct approach of indirect approach of mirroring by

mixed signals and role playing of

seductive environment and time created by spiritual lures used by

temptation of

victims chosen by Castiglione, Baldassare Castro, Fidel

Catherine de Médicis, Queen of France

Catherine II “the Great,” Empress of Russia contrast provided by

Potemkin and Saltykov and Chalon, Jean Chambers, Jessie Chaplin, Charlie charisma

Charismatics

adventurousness of as armed prophets authentic animals counterreactions to dangers to

deliverers

demonic performers

drama saints

erotic fatigue and fervency of

gurus

lamp as symbol of magnetism of

miraculous prophets mysteriousness of Olympian actors piercing gaze of

prophetic gifts in purposefulness of saintliness of

saviors

seductive language of self-awareness of

successors of on television theatricality of types of

uninhibitedness of vulnerability of

Charles I, King of England Charles II, King of England Charmers

antagonism harmonized by art of

dangers to

deceptive appearances and derivation of term

ease and comfort created by examples of

focused attention of indulgent attitude of

mirror as symbol of mirroring by

pleasure provided by politicians as

self-possession in adversity shown by sexuality and

subtlety of timing of

understanding attitude of as useful to others

Chateaubriand, Francois René, Vicomte de ego ideal regression of

Chekhov, Michael Chevalier, Maurice Chiang Kai-shek

Childe Harold (Byron)

China chivalry

Choisy, Abbé de Chrétien de Troyes Christian, Linda

Churchill, Pamela, see Harriman, Pamela Churchill Churchill, Winston

Clarissa (Richardson) Claudin, Gustave

Claudius I, Emperor of Rome Cleopatra

anti-seduction as defense against clothing of

descriptions of insecurity fostered by isolation created by mixed signals sent by mood changes of

poeticizing of sensual appeals of theatricality of

victims chosen by voice of

Clift, Montgomery clinging behavior Clinton, Bill clothing

attention to details of of Dandies

of Sirens Cohn, Norman

Cold Coquette, The (Byron)

Colette complaining

confessions, “honest” con men

Conquerors Conrad, Earl Constant, Benjamin contrasts

Cooper, Gary Coquettes Cold

confusion engendered by dangers to

excitement engendered by hatred engendered by

Hot and Cold jealousy incited by keys to

narcissism of politicians as

selective withdrawal by self-sufficiency of

shadow as symbol of space created by timing of

Coriolanus (Shakespeare) courtesans

courtly love Crébillon Crébillon fils criticism, personal cruelty

of Dandies of Rakes

in transgressing taboos Crushed Stars

Cures for Love (Ovid)

Dandies

aesthetic qualities in ambiguity of bisexual appeal of

confusion engendered by cruelty in

dangerousness of dangers to

excitement engendered by Feminine

impudence of keys to

Masculine

mental transvestitism of nonconformity of

orchid as symbol of physical image of

politicians as social seduction by visual style of

Dandy, The (Baudelaire)

Dangerous Liaisons (Laclos) dangerousness

of Dandies of Rakes of Sirens

D’Annunzio, Gabriele death risked by flattery by

march on Fiume led by

public spectacles given by Darvas

d’Aunet, Léonie David, King Davis, Ossie Dean, James death, risking of

Decameron, The (Boccaccio) defensiveness

de Gaulle, Charles

seductive oratory of

“Delight in Disorder” (Herrick) deliverers, charismatic

demonic performers, charismatic Demonic Rakes

Denon, Vivant destiny, sense of details, attention to banquet as symbol of

of clothing gifts in

mesmerizing effect of reversal of

sensuous effect of slower pace in

of spectacles

Devil Is a Woman, The

Dewa

Diderot, Denis Dietrich, Marlene DiMaggio, Joe Dio Cassius

Dionysus Diotima

Disappointed Dreamers disenchantment

clean quick breaks in clinging behavior and deliberate disillusionment in

embers as symbol of familiarity in

inertia in

pleasant separations in see also re-seduction Disraeli, Benjamin attention to details by humor in persuasion by mirroring by

poeticizing by victim played by

dissatisfaction, perfectionistic Don Juan, legend of

Don Juan (Byron) doormats, anti-seductive doubts

Drama Queens

drama saints, charismatic

Dream of the Red Chamber, The (Tsao Hsueh Chin) Drouet, Juliette

Dryden, John

Dulce y Sabrosa (Picón) dullness, deliberate Dumas, Alexander Duncan, Isadora

Duse, Eleanor

Eastern Love Easy Street

Eddington, Nora

Edward VII, King of England ego ideal regression

Einstein, Albert Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenstein, Sergei

Either/Or (Kierkegaard) Elizabeth, Empress of Russia Elizabeth I, Queen of England Ellington, Duke

empathy

environment, seductive Casanova’s creation of crowded conditions in

Japan’s ukiyo (“floating world”) as mystical effects in

theatricality of

visual stimuli in Warhol’s Factory as envy

Epton, Nina Eros

erotic fatigue Escher, M. C.

Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of Euripides

Europa.

Exodus, Book of Exotic Fetishists

“Exotic Perfume” (Baudelaire)

Eyes of Youth

Fallaci, Oriana falling in love familiarity

in disenchantment poeticizing oneself vs. fear

in pain mixed with pleasure Feminine Dandies

Ferenczi, Sandor festivals

Fetishistic Stars Fiume, march on flattery

Flaubert, Gustave Floating Genders “floating world” (ukiyo)

Flowers of Evil, The (Baudelaire) Flynn, Errol

physical lures of Tantrism practiced by

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The

Fraser, Flora French Revolution Freud, Sigmund

Andreas-Salomé and on bisexuality

on childhood as golden age disciples of

on narcissism on sexual taboos

on spoiled children on suggestion

on transference on the uncanny Friedrich, Konrad

Fröhlich, Rosa (fict.) Fu Chai, King

Fujiwara no Korechika Fülöp-Miller, René

Gallese, Duke and Duchess of

Game of Hearts, The:Harriette Wilson’s Memoirs (Wilson) Gandhi, Mohandas K.

isolation created by Garbo, Greta Garden of Eden Gautier, Théophile Genesis, Book of Genji, Prince (fict.) George, Don

Gérard, François-Pascal

Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilda

Gillot, Henrik Gilot, Françoise Girard, René Gladstone, William

Gleichen-Russwurm, Alexander von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang

golden age, childhood as Gottfried von Strassburg Grammont, Count de Grant, Cary

Graves, Robert Greco, Juliette greed

anti-seductive

Greek Myths, The (Graves)

Greenfield, Liah guilt, sense of

in transgression of taboos Guinevere, Queen

gurus, charismatic Gwyn, Nell

Hamilton, Lady Emma Hamilton, Sir William hard sell

Harriman, Averell Harriman, Pamela Churchill Hauptmann, Gerhart Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hayworth, Rita

heat, projected

heated glances Helen of Troy Hellmann, John Hera

Hermaphroditus Hermes (Mercury) Herrick, Robert

Hibbert, Eloise Talcott

Hindu Art of Love, The (Windsor, ed.)

Homer

“honest” confessions honest courtesans

Hot and Cold Coquettes Hsi Shi

Hugo, Victor Huxley, Aldous hypnosis

Ibarruri, Dolores Gómez (La Pasionaria) Ibn Hazm

Ideal Lovers Beauty

in courtly love dangers to

effort required of keys to

Madonna/whore as

missing qualities provided by noble qualities evoked by patient attentiveness of

politicians as

portrait painter as symbol of reputation of

Romantic

self-sacrifice of

subtle indications observed by ideals, lost

Idol Worshipers

Idylle Saphique (Pougy) Ihara Saikaku

Iliad, The (Homer) illusions, creation of

appearance of normality in changing the past in

dreams realized through of gender

reversal of

role playing in

Shangri-La as symbol of uncanny effects in

wish fulfillment in impatience, anti-seductive improvisation

in proving oneself imps

inattentiveness indifference indirect approach

bland appearance in bold moves after

deliberate dullness in disguising one’s feelings in friendship in

illusion of control in neutral distance in reversal of

sexual tension and

spider’s web as symbol of third parties in

see also soft sell

infantile regression innocents

“In Praise of Makeup” (Baudelaire) insecurities

of Anti-Seducers of countries flattery aimed at insinuation, art of dropping hints in

gestures and looks in imagination and passing comments in pleasure provided by in politics

retraction with apology in reversal of

seed as symbol of

slight physical contact in slips of the tongue in

vagueness in

“Invitation to the Voyage” (Baudelaire) irrationality

isolation, creation of

deceptive appearances and exotic effect in

from family and friends hint of danger in

on islands

“only you” effect in from past attachments Pied Piper as symbol of

by politicians

by religious sects reversal of

Jackson, Andrew Jagger, Mick

James I, King of England

reverse parental regression and Japan

child-rearing practices in

ukiyo (“floating world”) of

see also Tale of Genji, The (Murasaki) jealousy

in pain mixed with pleasure triangles and

Jeffers, Robinson Joan of Arc Johnson, Lyndon B.

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Josephine, Empress of France

languorousness of

selective disclosure by selective withdrawal by tears as tactic of

Journal of OurLifein the Highlands (Queen Victoria) judgmentalism

in Anti-Seducers

JuliusCaesar (Shakespeare) Jullian, Philippe

Jung, Carl

Jungian archetypes Jurgens, Ernest

Kaus, Gina Keaton, Buster Kennedy, John F.

adventurousness of disarming weaknesses of insinuation used by isolation as technique of lost ideals and

missing qualities offered by mixed signals sent by poeticizing of

Key, Wilson Bryan Kierkegaard, Søren King, Martin Luther, Jr. Kissinger, Henry A.

knights

Kolowrat, Count Sascha Kou Chien, King Kriegel, Maurice Krishnamurti, Jiddu Kuang Hsu, Emperor Kundera, Milan

La Bruyère, Jean de Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de Ladd, Alan

Lake, Veronica Lamb, Lady Caroline

Lamotte-Valois, Comtesse de Lancelot, Sir

Lang, Fritz language, seductive affirmation in

ambiguity and vagueness in arguing vs.

boldness in

changes of perspective in of Charismatics

clouds as symbol of diabolic vs. symbolic emotion vs. reason in flattery in

flowery language vs. normal language vs. oratory

producing an effect with promises in

of Rakes repetition in reversal of

self-absorption vs. silence vs.

in soft sell

strong emotions roused by

see also writing

Lauzun, Antonin Péguilin, Duke de Lawner, Lynne

Lawrence. H.

Leadbeater, Charles

Le Gallienne, Richard Lemaître, Jules Lenin. I.

Leonardo da Vinci Lesbos, island of Lewis, Arthur H. Lincoln, Abraham Lonely Leaders

lost ideals

Louis XIV, King of France Louis XV, King of France

Louis XVIII, King of France Louÿs, Pierre

Love Happy lovers’ quarrels Low, Ivy Lucian

Lursay, Madame de (fict.)

Machiavelli, Niccolò

Madame Bovary (Flaubert)

Madonna/whore makeup

Making a Living Malcolm X Malet, Elizabeth Malraux, André Mandel, Oscar Mandrell, James Mann, Heinrich

Mansfield, Katherine

Mao, Madame (Jiang Qing) Mao Zedong

Margaret of Navarre, Queen Marguerite de Valois

Marianne (Marivaux)

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Marivaux, Pierre

Mark Antony Marx, Groucho

Mary, Queen of Scots

Masculine Dandies masochism

mass seduction, see Charismatics; politicians; soft sell Maurois, André

Maxwell, Elsa Mayer, J. P.

Memoirs from Beyond the Grave (Chateaubriand)

Menken, Adah Isaacs mental superiority, sense of Merteuil, Marquise de (fict.) Mesmer, Franz

Messalina

Metamorphoses (Ovid) Metternich, Prince Klemens von Michels, Roberto

Middle Ages courtly love in

religious mystics of troubadours of

Middleton-Murry, John Midgette, Allen

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Shakespeare) Milbanke, Annabella

Miller, Arthur

Ming Huang, Emperor

miraculous prophets, charismatic mirroring

by Charmers focused attention in of gender roles

hunter’s mirror as symbol of imitation in

indulgence in of lost ideals

narcissism and by outsiders reversal of

of spiritual values in writing

missing qualities

and choice of victim Ideal Lovers and mixed signals artificial vs. natural

cold vs. hot; see also Coquettes depth suggested by

in first impressions gender roles and good vs. bad

imagination engaged by inner vs. outward qualities in paradox in

in politics reputation and reversal of

theater curtain as symbol of Mohammed Riza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran Molière

Molina, Tirso de moment, the abandonntent to leading into

Mona Lisa (da Vinci) Mondale, Walter Monneyron, Frédéric Monroe, Marilyn

Monsieur Beaucaire

Montez, Lola

Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d’Orleans, Duchess de

mood changes moralizers, anti-seductive Morin, Edgar

Morosini, Countess Moscovici, Serge Moses

Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare) Murasaki Shikibu

Musil, Robert Musset, Alfred de Mussolini, Benito Mut, Professor (fict.) Mythic Stars

Napoleon I, Emperor of France calculated surprise by

as Charismatic

Coquette played by French re-seduced by insinuation used by

Josephine and

missing qualities offered by Talleyrand and

temptations created by

Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon), Emperor of France narcissism

of Coquettes mirroring and Narcissus

natural phenomena Naturals

dangers to

disarming weakness of examples of

fantasy world created by imps

independence in innocents

lamb as symbol of naivete of

as potentially irritating psychological traits of receptiveness of spoiled children as sympathy elicited by

undefensive lovers wonder children youth and

neediness

Nelson, Viscount Horatio Nero, Emperor of Rome New Prudes

New York Times

Nicholas, Grand Duke

Nicholas II, Czar of Russia Nietzsche, Friedrich

Andreas-Salomé and Ninon de l’Enclos Niou, Prince (fict.) Nisan

Nixon, Richard M.

“No Tomorrow” (Denon) Novices

Octavia Octavius

Odyssey, The (Homer) oedipal regression

Olympian actors, charismatic Onassis, Aristotle

On Love (Stendhal) opinion, influencing oratory, seductive Orléans, Duchess d’ Orléans, Duke d’ Orlov, Gregory Orsay, Count d’

Ortega y Gasset, José Otero, Caroline “La Belle” heat projected by Overstreet, H. A.

Ovid

Pahlavi, Mohammed Riza, Shah of Iran pain, mixing pleasure with

anxiety induced by bracing effect of

breakups in calculated absences in

emotional highs and lows in fear in

guilt in

harshness and kindness in jealousy in

masochistic yearnings for precipice as symbol of reversal of

timing of Pampered Royals Paris

Judgment of

Pasionaria, La (Dolores Gómez Ibarruri)

Patience (Gilbert and Sullivan)

Pawnbroker,The Pearl, Cora Pearson, Hesketh Perón, Evita poeticizing of Perón, Juan persuasion

argument vs. humor in emotion vs. reason in

Peter I “the Great,” Czar of Russia Peter III, Czar of Russia

Petronius

Philip III, King of Spain physical lures

devil-may-care attitude and disordered look in

flattery and

focused attention and heated glances in

as leading into the moment lowering inhibitions by mental activity lulled by physical excitation aroused by projected heat in

raft as symbol of reversal of sensual appeal of

shared physical activity in

slight physical contacts in Picasso, Pablo

art as lure of poeticizing of

Picón, Jacinto Octavio

Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, The Plato

Plutarch poeticizing oneself bit of doubt in

calculated absences in familiarity vs.

halo as symbol of idealizing one’s targets in objects in

reversal of

self-image and shared experiences in politicians

anxiety and discontent induced by as Charmers

as Coquettes as Dandies

disarming weaknesses of as Ideal Lovers insinuation used by isolation created by mixed signals sent by

re-seduction by soft sell by

triangles created by victims chosen by war heroes as

see also Charismatics; oratory, seductive

Pompadour, Jeanne Poisson, Madame de pop art

Portsmouth, Louise Keroualle, Duchess of

post-seduction, see disenchantment; re-seduction Potemkin, Prince Gregory

Pougy, Liane de Presley, Elvis pride, excessive

Private Life of the Marshal Duke of Richelieu, The

Professors prostitutes

Proust, Marcel proving oneself apparent suicide in doubts allayed by improvisation in passing tests in

persistence in rescue in

resistance and reversal of risking death in self-sacrifice in

tournament as symbol of unhesitating action in

by war heroes prudery

Ptolemy XIV, Pharaoh Pygmalion

Pygmalion complex

Quicksand (Tanazaki)

rakehells Rakes

as abandoned to moment Aesthetic

Ardent

convention defied by cruelty of

dangerousness of dangers to

Demonic derivation of term erotic vs. political extremism of

as female fantasy figure fire as symbol of

keys to

masculine envy engendered by mirroring by

obstacles overcome by pleasure offered by reformation of Reformed, as victims reputation of

seductive language of voices of

Rank, Otto

Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich physical lures of

spiritual lures of reactors, anti-seductive Reagan, Ronald

soft sell of Recamier, Madame Rée, Paul

Reformed Rakes or Sirens regression, erotic

bed as symbol of ego ideal

infantile oedipal rebellion in reversal of

reverse parental therapist role in transference in

unconditional love in Reichenbach, Harry Reik, Theodor reliability

Remarque, Erich Maria

Remembrance of Things Past (Proust)

Renaissance reputation

in creation of triangles of Ideal Lovers

mixed signals and of Rakes

Rescuers

re-seduction

calculated surprises in embers as symbol of fight against inertia in intermittent drama in

maintaining lightness in maintaining mystery in political

reversal of timing of

resistance

and proving oneself to temptations

reverse parental regression Richardson, Samuel Richelieu, Duke de

Richthofen, Baroness Frieda von Rilke, Rainer Maria

Ring of the Dove, The: A Treatise on the Art and Practice of Arab Love (Ibn Hazm)

Robespierre, Maximilien de Rochester, Earl of

Rohan, Cardinal de Romantic Ideal Romanticism

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano seductive oratory of Rothschild, Baron Elie de Roués

Sabatier, Apollonie

Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von Sackville-West, Vita

sadness, air of

Saint-Amand, Imbert de

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin Saint-Germain, Count

Salomé, Lou von, see Andreas-Salomé, Lou Saltykov, Sergei

Sand, George Sappho

Satan, androgyny of

Satyricon (Petronius)

saviors, charismatic Savonarola, Girolamo Schopenhauer, Arthur Sedgwick, Edie

seducers amorality of appearance of

consistency of falling in love with male

other-directedness of

as providers of pleasure resistance to

seductive language of sexual element utilized by strategic planning of

subtle methods of surrender to will of theatricality of warrior’s outlook of

Seducer’s Diary, The (Kierkegaard) seduction, derivation of term Seduction (Baudrillard)

Sei Shonagon

selective disclosure self-absorption

of And-Seducers

seductive language vs. self-awareness

self-consciousness self-distance

self-esteem self-image self-loathing

self-sabotage self-sacrifice

self-sufficiency Seneca Sennett, Mack Sensualists

Sex Sirens Shahrazad

Shakespeare, William Shaw, George Bernard Sheik, The

Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shi Pei Pu

Shoulder Arms Shu-Chiung Sibony, Daniel Sieburg, Friedrich Silenus

Simone Sirens

adornment of appearance of

dangerousness of dangers to differentiation of keys to

as male fantasy figure men enslaved by mood changes of

movement and demeanor of in Odyssey

pleasure offered by Reformed, as victims Sex

Spectacular theatricality of voices of

water as symbol of Slater, Leonard

Socrates soft sell

components of examples of hard sell vs. origin of Solanas, Valerie

Sons and Lovers (Lawrence)

Spanish Civil War spectacles Spectacular Sirens spirituality

aura of mirroring of spiritual lures

air of discontent in artistic

cultic rituals as ennoblement by in environment

lightness induced by occult fads in

pagan religion in reversal of

sense of destiny in sexual undertones of

stars in the sky as symbol of

timeless relationship suggested by

timing and

worshipful feelings engendered by spoiled children

spontaneity, sense of Staël, Madame de Stahl, Lesley

Stalin, Joseph Starkie, Walter Stars

cinematic creation of dangers to

distinctive style of dreamlike quality of ethereality of

face of

Fetishistic

glimpsed private life of identification with

idol as symbol of inner distance of keys to

Mythic

as objects

obsessive attention to publicity and

self-distance of television and Stendhal Stewart, Jimmy

“Story of the Butterfly, The” suffocators, anti-seductive Sukarno, Kusnasosro

Sukarno; An Autobiography as Told to Cindy Adams (Adams) Sun-tzu

Su Shou

suspense, creation of, see calculated surprises suspicion

sympathy

Symposium, The (Plato)

taboos, transgression of cruelty in

forest as symbol of going to extremes in incest in

lost self recaptured by prohibited desires in reduced outlets for reversal of

secret sins in

sense of guilt in shared complicity in social limits in

value systems in Tabouis, G. R.

Tale of Genji, The (Murasaki)

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince Charles de Tanazaki, Junichiro

Tantalus Tantrism Tarde, Gustave Tausk, Victor

tayus

tears television

temptations, creation of

apple in Garden of Eden as symbol of barriers established in

challenges in

deceptive appearances and forbidden fruit in

future gains in opportunity in reversal of

selective disclosure in weakness as target in

That Obscure Object of Desire

theatricality

of bold movers of Charismatics of environment of Sirens

spectacles in Theosophical Society third parties

in indirect approach

see also jealousy; triangles, creation of

Thus Spake Zarathustra (Nietzsche) Tiberius, Emperor of Rome tightwads, anti-seductive

time, altered sense of Casanova’s creation of timidity

timing:

of Charmers of Coquettes

dramatic moments in

of pain mixed with pleasure of re-seducdon

speed and youth in

spiritual lures and Tito, Josef

Todellas, Don Juan de (fict.)

Tragedy of King Richard III,The (Shakespeare) transference

triangles, creation of

aura of desirability from contrasts in

jealousy engendered by by politicians reputation in

reversal of

rivalry stimulated by trophy as symbol of vanity and

Tristan and Isolde troubadours

Trouncer, Margaret Truman, Harry S. Tsao Hsueh Chin

Tsu Hsi, Empress Dowager Tullia d’Aragona Tuperselai

ukiyo (“floating world”) ulterior motives unattainability, apparent “Uncanny, The” (Freud) unconditional love

undefensive lovers

Valentino, Rudolph patient attentiveness of

Valmont, Vicomte de (fict.)

Valois, Mademoiselle de Vanderbilt, William vanity

victims

Aging Babies Beauties

Conquerors Crushed Stars

Disappointed Dreamers Drama Queens

Exotic Fetishists Floating Genders Idol Worshipers Lonely Leaders New Prudes

Novices Pampered Royals Professors

Reformed Rakes or Sirens Rescuers

Roués

Sensualists victims, choice of

big game as symbol of

deceptive appearances and evaluating responses in exciting tension in imagination and

leisure time in manly men as missing qualities and new types as

one’s own type as personal reactions in

in politics repressed types as reversal of

unhappiness and vulnerability in victim strategy

Victoria, Queen of England Vietnam War

Villarceaux, Marquis de

Virgin of Stamboul,The Viscontini, Countess Metilda Vivien, Renée

voices

of Sirens Voltaire von Sternberg, Josef

vulgarians, anti-seductive

Wadler, Joyce Wagner, Richard war heroes Warhol, Andy

calculated surprise by Factory as environment of triangles created by Washington, George Wayne, John

WaywardHead and Head, The (Crébillon fils) weaknesses, disarming

blemish as symbol of gender differences in genuine

“honest” confessions of of Naturals

occasional glimpses of pathetic vs.

in playing the victim of politicians reversal of

shyness as

suspicion reduced by sympathy evoked by tears as

of troubadours Weber, Max

Webster, Lady Frances Wedekind, Franz Weekley, Ernest Welles, Orson

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Welter, Blanca Rosa, see Christian, Linda Whitmer, Peter

Wilde, Oscar Williams, Tennessee Wilson, Harriette

windbags, anti-seductive withdrawal, strategic

aggressive pursuit motivated by anxiety induced by

doubts created by

infantile experiences re-created by

interest in another person as; see also triangles, creation of letter-writing in

pomegranate as symbol of reversal of

role reversal engendered by selective, by Coquettes

sexless neutrality in

subtlety in

see also calculated absences

Woman and Puppet (Louÿs) wonder children

Woolf, Virginia World War I World War II writing

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