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Authors: Robert Greene
Pahlavi, Mohammed Riza, Shah of
396, 397, 400, 403
imps, 56-57, 59-61, 66
Iran, 313, 375
Picasso, Pablo, 25, 26, 45, 100, 379
independence in, 61
pain, mixing pleasure with, 155, 159,
art as lure of, 366
innocents, 54, 58-59, 66
237, 369-79, 389, 391, 410,
poeticizing of, 283
lamb as symbol of, 65
415, 418, 424-25
Picón, Jacinto Octavio, 231-34
naivete of, 58-59
anxiety induced by, 376-77, 378
Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, The,
as potentially irritating, 66
bracing effect of, 377
31-32,50,65,263
psychological traits of, 55-57
breakups in, 369, 378
Plato, 74-76, 191, 206-7, 208
receptiveness of, 57
calculated absences in, 372,
Plutarch, 8, 46-47, 261
spoiled children as, 61
373-74
poeticizing oneself, 277-84
sympathy elicited by, 53, 56, 59, 66
emotional highs and lows in,
bit of doubt in, 282-83
undefensive lovers, 57, 63-65
371-74
calculated absences in, 277,
wonder children, 57, 61-63
fear in, 369, 377-78, 379
283-84
youth and, 66
guilt in, 369
familiarity vs., 277, 281, 282, 284
neediness, 59, 74, 75, 87, 134, 293
harshness and kindness in, 374-76
halo as symbol of, 284
Nelson, Viscount Horatio, 304
jealousy in, 372, 373, 374, 377
idealizing one's targets in, 284
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 50
masochistic yearnings for, 47, 71,
objects in, 283
New Prudes, 151-52
155, 237, 332, 357, 378
reversal of, 284
New York Times,
189, 396
precipice as symbol of, 379
self-image and, 281-82
Nicholas, Grand Duke, 396
reversal of, 379
shared experiences in, 283
464 • Index
politicians, xx-xxi, 101, 183, 366,
Aesthetic, 423
of Rakes, 20-21, 26-27, 28,
374-76
Ardent, 19-21
200-201
anxiety and discontent induced by,
convention defied by, 26, 27
Rescuers, 157
209-10
cruelty of, 26
re-seduction, 415-29, 435
as Charmers, 81, 82, 83-85, 87,
dangerousness of, 17, 24, 25, 26,
calculated surprises in, 420-21
88-92, 93
27
embers as symbol of, 428
as Coquettes, 77
dangers to, 28
fight against inertia in, 417-18
as Dandies, 51
Demonic, 21-24
intermittent drama in, 423-25
disarming weaknesses of, 292
derivation of term, 25
maintaining lightness in, 418, 421,
as Ideal Lovers, 38-39, 40
erotic vs. political, 24
423
insinuation used by, 216-17
extremism of, 26
maintaining mystery in, 418
isolation created by, 317
as female fantasy figure, 17, 20-21,
political, 426-28
mixed signals sent by, 193
23, 24-25, 26
reversal of, 429
re-seduction by, 426-28
fire as symbol of, 27
timing of, 428
soft sell by, 446-48, 450-52
keys to, 24-27
resistance, xxiii, xxiv, 25, 154, 164,
triangles created by, 201-2
masculine envy engendered by, 28
172, 177, 181, 183, 188, 215,
victims chosen by, 174
mirroring by, 225-26
216, 236, 289, 376, 400, 412,
war heroes as, 329, 446-48
obstacles overcome by, 21, 25,
449
see also
Charismatics; oratory, se225-26
and proving oneself, 321, 323, 324
ductive
pleasure offered by, 24, 25, 27
to temptations, 236
Pompadour, Jeanne Poisson, Madame
reformation of, 26, 225, 353, 354
reverse parental regression, 333, 338,
de, 16,33-35,36, 127,249,
Reformed, as victims, 1 50
346-48
274, 435
reputation of, 20-21, 26-27, 28,
Richardson, Samuel, 225, 315-16
pop art, 71-72, 73
200-201
Richelieu, Duke de, 19-21, 25, 27,
Portsmouth, Louise Keroualle,
seductive language of, 17, 19, 20,
170, 200, 247, 356, 410
Duchess of, 420
22-24, 25
Richthofen, Baroness Frieda von,
post-seduction,
see
disenchantment;
voices of, 22-23
206, 423-25
re-seduction
Rank, Otto, 76
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 46-47, 227
Potemkin, Prince Gregory, 274,
Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich,
Ring of the Dove, The: A Treatise on the
300-303
100-102, 104-5
Art and Practice of Arab Love
(Ibn
Pougy, Liane de, 361-62, 363, 364
physical lures of, 403
Hazm), 126, 183-84, 409
Presley, Elvis, 28, 44, 50, 105-6, 107
spiritual lures of, 366, 403
Robespierre, Maximilien de, 116-17,
pride, excessive, 142
reactors, anti-seductive, 135
118
Private Life of the Marshal Duke of
Reagan, Ronald, 202
Rochester, Earl of, 26
Richelieu, The,
20-21
soft sell of, 450-52
Rohan, Cardinal de, 305-6
Professors, 1 55-56
Récamier, Madame, 187-89, 192,
Romantic Ideal, 31-33
prostitutes, 40, 354, 356
217,237,343-46
Romanticism, 226, 343
Proust, Marcel, 70, 283
Rée, Paul, 45-46, 197-98, 199
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 86,
proving oneself, 25, 321-32, 417, 425
Reformed Rakes or Sirens, 150
98-99, 100, 102, 118
apparent suicide in, 324-25
regression, erotic, 333-48
seductive oratory of, 260
doubts allayed by, 321, 323, 324
bed as symbol of, 348
Rothschild, Baron Elie de, 273
improvisation in, 324—25
ego ideal, 337-38, 343-46
Roués, 157-58
passing tests in, 326—31
infantile, 336-37, 338-40
persistence in, 324-25
oedipal, 333, 337, 340-43
Sabatier, Apollonie, 385-88
rescue in, 329-30
rebellion in, 348
Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von, 372,
resistance and, 321, 323, 324
reversal of, 348
373-74
reversal of, 332
reverse parental, 333, 338, 346-48
Sackville-West, Vita, 102
risking death in, 327-29
therapist role in, 336, 345-46
sadness, air of, 69, 76, 157, 172, 192,
self-sacrifice in, 326-27, 425
transference in, 335—36
292, 364-65
tournament as symbol of, 332
unconditional love in, 336-37, 340
Saint-Amand, Imbert de, 69
unhesitating action in, 329-30
Reichenbach, Harry, 452-54
Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin,
by war heroes, 327-29
Reik, Theodor, 209-10, 336-37,
338-39
prudery, 151-52
388-90
Saint-Germain, Count, 127-28, 216,
Ptolemy XIV, Pharaoh, 7
reliability, 243
244
Pygmalion, 121-23
Remarque, Erich Maria, 121
Salomé, Lou von, see AndreasPygmalion complex, 173
Remembrance of Things Past
(Proust),
Salomé, Lou
283
Saltykov, Sergei, 37-38, 225-26
Quicksand
(Tanazaki), 356
Renaissance, 12, 38, 356
Sand, George, 40, 49
reputation, 46, 193, 223, 314, 379
Sappho, 317, 362-63
rakehells, 25
in creation of triangles, 195,
Satan, androgyny of, 51
Rakes, 3, 17-28, 49, 130, 152, 247,
200-201
Satyricon
(Petronius), 50, 201
315-16
of Ideal Lovers, 33, 37-38
saviors, charismatic, 107-9
as abandoned to moment, 21, 25
mixed signals and, 193
Savonarola, Girolamo, 101
Index • 465
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 84
adornment of, xix, 7, 8, 13,
Stars, 3, 119-30, 153
Sedgwick, Edie, 72
14-15, 24, 274
cinematic creation of, 124-25, 127
seducers, xix-xxv
appearance of, 8, 9-10, 13, 23
dangers to, 130
amorality of, xxiii-xxiv, 21, 47
dangerousness of, 5, 1 1, 12-13
distinctive style of, 119, 122, 123,
appearance of, xix, xx, xxii
dangers to, 1 6
125, 127, 128
consistency of, xxii
differentiation of, 12
dreamlike quality of, 1 1 9, 126,
falling in love with, xix, xxi, xxii
keys to, 11-15
127, 128
male, xx
as male fantasy figure, xx, 5,9, 11,
ethereality of, 119, 126-27
other-directedness of, xxii-xxiii
12
face of, 122, 123, 127, 128
as providers of pleasure, xxiii
men enslaved by, xix, 8, 12
Fetishistic, 121-23
resistance to, xxiii, xxiv
mood changes of, xix, 7-8, 9, 1 1
glimpsed private life of, 128
seductive language of, xx
movement and demeanor of, 5, 10,
identification with, 128-29
sexual element utilized by, xxii
15
idol as symbol of, 129
strategic planning of, xx, xxii, xxiii
in
Odyssey,
7-8, 11, 12-13
inner distance of, 123, 125, 129
subtle methods of, xxi
pleasure offered by, 11
keys to, 126-29
surrender to will of, xxi, xxii, xxiv
Reformed, as victims, 150
Mythic, 123-26
theatricality of, xx, xxiii
Sex, 9-11
as objects, 122, 127-28
warrior's outlook of, xxii
Spectacular, 7-9
obsessive attention to, 121, 122,
Seducer's Diary, The
(Kierkegaard),
theatricality of, 7, 8, 9
126, 130
xxiv, 31, 127, 169-70, 172,
voices of, 7, 9, 10, 13-14
publicity and, 130
179-80, 182, 193, 201, 224,
water as symbol of, 15
self-distance of, 122, 130
254, 255-57, 279, 289-90, 357,
Slater, Leonard, 313
television and, 123-24, 125
373, 387-88, 389
Socrates, 74-76, 191-92, 206-7, 208
Stendhal, 58, 170, 200, 217, 280-82,
seduction, derivation of term, xxi
soft sell, 441-54
284, 304, 371, 375-77
Seduction
(Baudrillard), xxiii, 9,
components of, 444-46
Stewart, Jimmy, 125, 129
127-28, 288, 385
examples of, 446-54
"Story of the Butterfly, The," 298, 299
Sei Shonagon, 31-32, 50, 65, 263
hard sell vs., 443
suffocators, anti-seductive, 134
selective disclosure, 14-15, 237
origin of, 443
Sukarno, Kusnasosro, 102, 221-23
self-absorption, 87, 163, 173, 363, 410
Solanas, Valerie, 78
Sukarno: An Autobiography as Told to
of Anti-Seducers, 131, 133, 137,
Sons and Lovers
(Lawrence), 206
Cindy Adams
(Adams), 222
138, 140
Spanish Civil War, 99-100
Sun-tzu, 315
seductive language vs., 258
spectacles, 265, 267-69, 275, 301,
Su Shou, 291
self-awareness, 100, 131
447
suspense, creation of,
see
calculated
self-consciousness, 135, 138-40, 354,
Spectacular Sirens, 7-9
surprises
359, 363
spirituality, 158
suspicion, 289, 290, 441
self-distance, 122, 130
aura of, 38, 98, 358
sympathy, 53, 56, 59, 66, 285, 292,
self-esteem, 75, 79, 81, 158, 200,
mirroring of, 225
293
208, 210, 224, 227, 282
spiritual lures, 359-67, 403, 404
Symposium, The
(Plato), 74-76, 191,
self-image, 281-82
air of discontent in, 359, 364-65
206-7, 208
self-loathing, 154, 362, 363
artistic, 359, 361-62, 365-66
self-sabotage, 378
cultic rituals as, 362-63
taboos, transgression of, 349-58
self-sacrifice, 36-38, 82, 326-27, 425
ennoblement by, 365, 366
cruelty in, 349, 352, 353, 356-57
self-sufficiency, 67, 71, 73, 74-75,
in environment, 434—35
forest as symbol of, 358
76, 77
lightness induced by, 363
going to extremes in, 349, 355,
Seneca, 50
occult fads in, 359, 365
358
Sennett, Mack, 58
pagan, 362-63, 365
incest in, 352-53
Sensualists, 159
religion in, 359, 363-64
lost self recaptured by, 35 1-54
Sex Sirens, 9-11
reversal of, 367
prohibited desires in, 352-53,
Shahrazad, 245-47
sense of destiny in, 177, 359, 365
354-55
Shakespeare, William, 50, 107, 183,
sexual undertones of, 359, 363-64,
reduced outlets for, 354
258-60, 267-68, 314, 316, 418
366
reversal of, 358
Shaw, George Bernard, 126
stars in the sky as symbol of, 367
secret sins in, 351, 352
Sheik, The,
43-44
timeless relationship suggested by,
sense of guilt in, 349, 355, 357
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 353
364, 365-66, 367
shared complicity in, 349, 352, 357
Shi Pei Pu, 173-74, 297-300, 304
timing and, 365
social limits in, 349, 353-55, 357,
Shoulder Anns,
58
worshipful feelings engendered by,
358
Shu-Chiung, 270
361-64
value systems in, 349, 356
Sibony, Daniel, 351
spoiled children, 61, 151, 348