“The strategic problem is, of course, that simulacra are reassuring only when viewed from outside. They do not provide an existential model… — Charles Bernheimer Embalming 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… — Charles Bernheimer Feminine 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… — Charles Bernheimer Decadence Copy Share Image
