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Documents the search for the origins of the iconic femme fatale who was depicted as a dangerous, depraved, and deadly woman. This book argues that the evolution of the femme fatale, with both literary and visual links to the biblical Eve figure, came as a response to increasing feminism and the desire by men to halt its spread.

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"An invaluable first collection of fascinating images from the periodical press of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century."--H-France Review

Evil by Design

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: 17/05/2006
      ISBN13: 9780252073236, 978-0252073236
      ISBN10: 0252073231
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Documents the search for the origins of the iconic femme fatale who was depicted as a dangerous, depraved, and deadly woman. This book argues that the evolution of the femme fatale, with both literary and visual links to the biblical Eve figure, came as a response to increasing feminism and the desire by men to halt its spread.

      Trade Review

      "An invaluable first collection of fascinating images from the periodical press of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century."--H-France Review

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