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Authors: Robert Greene
142
(Queen Victoria), 84
dangers to, 40
of countries, 225
judgmentalism, 1 52, 404
effort required of, 33
flattery aimed at, 259
in Anti-Seducers, 133, 134
keys to, 36-39
insinuation, art of, 127, 211-18, 389,
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare),
258-60
Madonna/whore as, 38
390
Jullian, Philippe, 22
missing qualities provided by,
dropping hints in, 211, 216
Jung, Carl, 76
32-33, 34-35, 36, 39
gestures and looks in, 211, 217-18
Jungian archetypes, 36-37
noble qualities evoked by, 35-36,
imagination and, 216
Jurgens, Ernest, 395-96
39
passing comments in, 211, 215, 216
patient attentiveness of, 38
pleasure provided by, 218
Kaus, Gina, 303
politicians as, 38-39, 40
in politics, 216-17
Keaton, Buster, 58
portrait painter as symbol of, 39
retraction with apology in, 211,
Kennedy, John F., xxi, xxiv, 40, 51,
reputation of, 33, 37-38
215, 217
117, 123-26, 127, 128, 130,
Romantic, 31-33
reversal of, 218
224,329
self-sacrifice of, 36-38
seed as symbol of, 218
adventurousness of, 101, 102
subtle indications observed by, 33,
slight physical contact in, 215
disarming weaknesses of, 290-91
36
slips of the tongue in, 217
insinuation used by, 217
ideals, lost, 39, 203, 208-10, 226,
vagueness in, 216
isolation as technique of, 317
317
"Invitation to the Voyage" (Baudelost ideals and, 39, 208-10, 317
Idol Worshipers, 158
laire), 314-1 5
missing qualities offered by, 174
Idylle Saphique
(Pougy), 362
irrationality, 55, 378
mixed signals sent by, 193
Ihara Saikaku, 268, 421-22
isolation, creation of, 309—18
poeticizing of, 283
Iliad, The
(Homer), 256-58
deceptive appearances and, 315
Key, Wilson Bryan, 289
illusions, creation of, 82, 295-307,
exotic effect in, 311-13, 317
Kierkegaard, Søren, xxiv, 24, 31,
364
from family and friends, 316, 317,
169-70, 171, 172, 179-80, 181,
appearance of normality in, 304
318
182, 193, 201, 224, 246, 254,
changing the past in, 306
hint of danger in, 317
255-57, 279, 289-90, 291, 357,
dreams realized through, 303-4
on islands, 317
373, 387-88, 389
of gender, 297-300, 304
"only you" effect in, 313-15
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 113
reversal of, 307
from past attachments, 316-17
Kissinger, Henry A., 93, 183,
role playing in, 305
Pied Piper as symbol of, 318
374-75, 378
Shangri-La as symbol of, 307
by politicians, 317
knights, 36-37, 329-30, 331-32
uncanny effects in, 304
by religious sects, 317
Kolowrat, Count Sascha, 122
wish fulfillment in, 300-303
reversal of, 318
Kou Chien, King, 15, 311-13
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Index
Kriegel, Maurice, 253
Louis XIV, King of France, 19, 35,
religious mystics of, 366
Krishnamurti,Jiddu, 75-76, 109-10,
47, 49, 179-81, 282
troubadours of, xx, 36-37, 291,
358
Louis XV, King of France, 16, 33-35,
325,331
Kuang Hsu, Emperor, 267-69
36, 127, 216, 247, 249, 274, 435
Middleton-Murry,John, 206, 208
Kundera, Milan, 66
Louis XVIII, King of France, 426-27
Midgette, Allen, 72
Louÿs, Pierre, 371-74
Midsummer Night's Dream, A
(ShakeLa Bruyere, Jean de, 49
Love Happy,
1 0
speare), 297
Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de, xix-xx,
lovers' quarrels, 76
Milbanke, Annabella, 353
xxiv, 25, 169-71,287-89,
Low, Ivy, 206, 208
Miller, Arthur, 12, 13
407-9, 418-20
Lucian, 420-21, 422
Ming Huang, Emperor, 76, 174, 270,
Ladd, Alan, 123
Lursay, Madame de (fict.), 138-40
272-73
Lake, Veronica, 128
miraculous prophets, charismatic,
Lamb, Lady Caroline, 351-52, 353,
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 118
102-4
354
Madame Bovary
(Flaubert), 364-65
mirroring, 45, 219-27, 279, 403,
Lamotte-Valois, Comtesse de, 305-6
Madonna/whore, 38
411, 412
Lancelot, Sir, 329-30, 386-87
makeup, xix, 8, 9, 10, 13, 434
by Charmers, 82
Lang, Fritz, 122
Making a Living,
58, 59
focused attention in, 226
language, seductive, xx, 153, 251-63,
Malcolm X, 111, 112-14
of gender roles, 224-25
273
Malet, Elizabeth, 26
hunter's mirror as symbol of, 226
affirmation in, 261, 262
Malraux, Andre, 121
imitation in, 221-22, 223
ambiguity and vagueness in, 254,
Mandel, Oscar, 23, 208, 232
indulgence in, 219, 223
258, 262, 263, 448
Mandrell, James, 200, 207
of lost ideals, 226
arguing vs., 260
Mann, Heinnch, 340-43
narcissism and, 224
boldness in, 262
Mansfield, Katherine, 206
by outsiders, 225
changes of perspective in, 261
Mao, Madame (Jiang Qing), 78, 173,
reversal of, 227
of Charismatics, 99-100, 108, 111,
201, 249, 379,403, 412
of spiritual values, 225
114, 115-16
Mao Zedong, 77, 78, 88-89, 99, 118,
in writing, 257
clouds as symbol of, 262
173, 201, 249, 403
missing qualities, 149, 207, 208-9
diabolic vs. symbolic, 262
Margaret of Navarre, Queen, xxi,
and choice of victim, 171, 173-74
emotion vs. reason in, 260-61
326-31
Ideal Lovers and, 32-33, 34-35,
flattery in, 22, 85, 218, 233, 259,
Marguerite de Valois, 14-15, 412
36, 39
376, 403
Marianne
(Marivaux), 75, 292
mixed signals, 185-94, 223
flowery language vs., 263
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France,
artificial vs. natural, 189-91
normal language vs., 258-59
305-6
cold vs. hot, 192-93;
see also
Cooratory, xx, 22-23, 24, 114, 115, Marivaux, Pierre, 69, 75, 292
quettes
235-36, 253-54, 258-60, 261,
Mark Antony, xix, 8, 12, 13, 145,
depth suggested by, 185, 192
275
159, 172,208,258-61,274,
in first impressions, 191, 192-93
producing an effect with, 254, 259
283, 378, 392, 412
gender roles and, 192
promises in, 259, 260
Marx, Groucho, 10
gcod vs. bad, 187-89
of Rakes, 17, 19, 20, 22-24, 25
Mary, Queen of Scots, 346
imagination engaged by, 191
repetition in, 261-62
Masculine Dandies, 45-48
inner vs. outward qualities in,
reversal of, 263
masochism, 47, 71, 155, 237, 332,
192-93
self-absorption vs., 258
357, 378
paradox in, 190-91
silence vs., 263
mass seduction,
see
Charismatics;
in politics, 193
in soft sell, 445
politicians; soft sell
reputation and, 193
strong emotions roused by, 261
Maurois, Andre, 83
reversal of, 194
see also
writing
Maxwell, Elsa, 313, 314
theater curtain as symbol of, 194
Lauzun, Antonin Péguilin, Duke de,
Mayer, J. P., 125
Mohammed Riza Pahlavi, Shah of
xx, 75, 179-81, 201, 282
Memoirs from Beyond the Grave
Iran, 313, 375
Lawner, Lynne, 13, 299-300
(Chateaubriand), 337, 345
Molière, 22, 207-8, 258
Lawrence, D. H., 205-7, 208, 209,
Menken, Adah Isaacs, 100
Molina, Tirso de, 19-20, 232
210, 400, 423-25
mental superiority, sense of, 155-56
moment, the, 423, 435
Leadbeater, Charles, 109
Merteuil, Marquise de (fict.), 418-20
abandonment to, 21, 25
Le Gallienne, Richard, 191
Mesmer, Franz, 434—35
leading into, 393, 400, 402-4
Lemaître, Jules, 49
Messalina, 136-37
Mona Lisa
(da Vinci), 188
Lenin, V. I., 98, 99, 101, 107-9, 183,
Metamorphoses
(Ovid), 43-45, 71-74,
Mondale, Walter, 450
201-2
121-23, 180-81, 182-83
Monneyron, Frédéric, 181-82
Leonardo da Vinci, 188
Metternich, Prince Klemens von,
Monroe, Marilyn, xxiv, 9-11, 12, 13,
Lesbos, island of, 317, 362-63
188, 343
14, 16, 101, 125, 130, 192, 274,
Lewis, Arthur H., 395-96, 398
Michels, Roberto, 77
291, 338
Lincoln, Abraham, 99
Middle Ages, 103, 328
Monsieur Beaucaire,
44
Lonely Leaders, 159
courtly love in, 36-37, 325-26,
Montez, Lola, 173, 199-200, 357
lost ideals, 39, 203, 208-10, 226, 317
331
Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise
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d'Orleans, Duchess de, 179-81,
Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, 105,
timing of, 379
201, 282
107, 201
Pampered Royals, 151, 421
mood changes, xix, 7-8, 9, 11, 249,
Nietzsche, Friedrich, xxii, xxiii, 36
Paris, xix, 13
312, 418-19
Andreas-Salomé and, 45-46, 47,
Judgment of, 9-11
moralizers, anti-seductive, 134, 143-44
52, 197-98, 199, 227
Pasionaria, La (Dolores Gómez IbarMorin, Edgar, 121, 124-25
Ninon de l'Enclos, xx, 75, 183, 192,
ruri), 99-100
Morosini, Countess, 328
217, 223, 224-25, 293, 409,
Patience
(Gilbert and Sullivan), 189
Moscovici, Serge, 83, 199, 221-22
417, 425-26
Pawnbroker, The,
58
Moses, 98, 113, 114
Niou, Prince (fict.), 25
Pearl, Cora, 59-61, 66, 291
Much Ado About Nothing
(ShakeNisan, 37
Pearson, Hesketh, 189-90
speare), 183
Nixon, Richard M., 123-24, 374,
Perón, Evita, 110-12
Murasaki Shikibu, xxiv, 25, 61,
375
poeticizing of, 279-81, 283-84
63-65, 140-41, 269-71, 287
"No Tomorrow" (Denon), 213-15
Perón, Juan, 111, 279-81
Musil, Robert, 227
Novices, 153
persuasion, xx-xxi, 215-16, 317
Musset, Alfred de, 40, 281
argument vs. humor in, 260
Mussolini, Benito, 102, 275
Octavia, 8
emotion vs. reason in, 260-61, 444
Mut, Professor (fict.), 340-43
Octavius, 8, 16, 145, 378
Peter I "the Great," Czar of Russia, 99
Mythic Stars, 123-26
Odyssey, The
(Homer), 7-8, 11, 12-13
Peter III, Czar of Russia, 37, 90, 201,
oedipal regression, 333, 337, 340-43
225, 300
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, xx,
Olympian actors, charismatic, 114-16
Petronius, 50, 201
14, 99, 187, 200, 261, 298, 326
Onassis, Aristotle, 313
Philip III, King of Spain, 234-35
calculated surprise by, 243
On Love
(Stendhal), 58, 170, 280-82,
physical lures, 393-404
as Charismatic, 101, 102, 111
284, 375-77
devil-may-care attitude and, 404
Coquette played by, 77
opinion, influencing, xx-xxi
disordered look in, 402-3
French re-seduced by, 426-28
oratory, seductive, xx, 22-23, 24,
flattery and, 403
insinuation used by, 216-17
114, 115, 235-36, 253-54,
focused attention and, 401-2
Josephine and, 13, 69-71, 74, 78,
258-60, 261, 275
heated glances in, 396, 397, 402,
154, 217, 291-92, 390, 412
Orléans, Duchess d', 21
403
missing qualities offered by, 1 74
Orléans, Duke d', 19-20
as leading into the moment, 393,
Talleyrand and, 38-39
Orlov, Gregory, 90
400, 402-4
temptations created by, 235-36
Orsay, Count d', 49
lowering inhibitions by, 393,
Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon), EmOrtega y Gasset, Jose, xxii, 282-83
397-401
peror of France, 339-40
Otero, Caroline "La Belle," 194, 398,
mental activity lulled by, 393,
narcissism, 41, 45, 50, 82, 157, 219
402, 412
400-401, 402, 403
of Coquettes, 67, 73, 74, 75, 76,
heat projected by, 395-97
physical excitation aroused by, 399,
77
Overstreet, H. A., 60
400, 402, 403
mirroring and, 224
Ovid, xx, xxii, xxiv, 9, 43-45,
projected heat in, 393, 395-97
Narcissus, 71-74
71-74, 81-82, 121-23, 135-36,
raft as symbol of, 404
natural phenomena, 55
172, 179, 180-81, 182-83, 221,
reversal of, 404
Naturals, 3, 53-66
253-54, 255, 279-80, 323, 331,
sensual appeal of, 402
dangers to, 66
352, 371-72, 397, 408-9,
shared physical activity in, 398,
disarming weakness of, 53, 56, 59
418-19, 423-24
400, 403
examples of, 58-65
slight physical contacts in, 395,
fantasy world created by, 63