About this title: As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, a short-lived but extraordinary cultural phenomenon spread throughout Europe and the United States - "Salomania". The term was coined when biblical bad girl Salome was resurrected from the Old Testament and reborn on the modern stage in Oscar Wilde's 1893 play "Salome" and in Richard Strauss's 1905 opera based on it. Salome quickly came to embody the turn-of-the-century concept of the "femme fatale". She and the striptease Wilde created for her, "The Dance of the Seven Veils", soon captivated the popular imagination in performances on stages high and ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300090390ISBN:0300090390
Description: New in new dust jacket. 2002 Hardcover w/Jacket Edition by Yale University Press. Excellent Condition! No Remainder Mark, No Damage, 100% satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300090390ISBN:0300090390
Description: Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 0300090390. 2002 first edition, first printing quarter-cloth hardcover and dust jacket. One slight smudge and wrinkle on front endpaper. Book looks unread. Dust jacket is excellent. Protective mylar cover.; 0.91 x 9.48 x 6.38 Inches; 223 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300090390ISBN:0300090390
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0300090390. New; New first edition, first printing cloth hardcover and dust jacket in mint condition. Protective mylar cover.; 0.91 x 9.48 x 6.38 Inches; 223 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300090390ISBN:0300090390
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by author. Book is in excellent shape as is DJ, now in mylar. Ususal library stamps 1ea. on inside and 1 on title page, not excessive. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Book is in excellent shape as is DJ, now in mylar. Ususal library stamps 1ea. on inside and 1 on title page, not excessive read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 2002. Hardcover. First Edition Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Description: Like New. BRAND NEW BOOK! Exact ISBN match, exactly as shown, hardcover in dust jacket, absolute mint condition, new and unused, NOT a remainder copy, NO remainder marks; gift quality. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780803262416ISBN:0803262418
Description: New. This book details for the first time the Salomania craze and four remarkable women who personified Salome and her seductive dance. Bentley shows how each embraced the persona of the femme fatale and transformed the misogynist idea of a dangerously se... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale U. Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300090390ISBN:0300090390
Description: Illustrated by photos. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. 0300090390. Very DJ, not price clipped. NO defects. 1st edition, 1st printing with no markings. Not remaindered. No names.; 223 pages. read more
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