As in Freud, the sex instinct is amoral and egotistical. In Juliette (1797), answering Rousseau’s Julie, Sade says of lust, “It demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.” Sex is power.
...read Camille Paglia : Sexual Personae ⇒
Fuseli conjures up a terrifying image filled with mystery and panic, yet with vague and disturbing familiarity; suggesting how the woman feels in the grip of a demonic nightmare, not what she sees.
...read Nachtmahr : John Henry Fuseli ⇒
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
...read Only Lovers Left Alive ⇒