“The strategic problem is, of course, that simulacra are reassuring only when viewed from outside. They do not provide an existential model for how to be in the world. One can appreciate the brilliance of the embalmer's work, but one… — Charles Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“The strategic problem is, of course, that simulacra are reassuring only when viewed from outside. They do not provide an existential model for how… — Charles Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“Huysmans takes the old trope of moon-as-woman and replaces its romantic connotations with decadent ones: the moon here is woman as clamorous lunatic, as… — Charles Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“For Zola, as for Huysmans, nature itself is uncanny because it is the domain of the feminine, a domain that is constitutionally defective, lacking,… — Charles Bernheimer Copy Share Image
