Sexual Personae

“A remarkable book, at once outrageous and compelling, fanatical and brilliant…. One must be awed by [Paglia’s] vast energy, erudition and wit.” —The Washington Post

“Sexual Personae [is] an enormous sensation of a book, in all the better senses of ‘sensation.’ There is no book comparable in scope, stance, design or insight.” —Harold Bloom

“The ability to infuriate both antagonists in an ideological struggle is often a sign of a first-rate book…. [Paglia] is a conspicuously gifted writer … and an admirably close reader with a hard core of common sense.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Paglia marshals a vast array of … cultural materials with an authorial voice derived from sixties acid-rock lead guitar…. Close to poetry.” —Greil Marcus, author of Lipstick Traces

“This book is a red comet in a smog-filled sky…. Brilliant.” —The Nation