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The Sacred and the Profane: Nin, Barnes, and the Aesthetics of Amorality

Barnes's Vagaries Malicieux, and Nin's Delta of Venus, are examples the developing vision of female sex, and both authors use their literary techniques to accomplish their aesthetic vision of amorality. Nin's visions are based on her and her friends' extreme experiences. Her primary concern was expressing her erotic and amorally aesthetic gaze, and the results of her efforts are found in her aesthetic vision of Paris and the amoral lifestyle. Barnes uses metaphor and linguistics to fashion her aesthetic vision. Her technique in "Run, Girls, Run!" both subverts any sense of morality, and offers an interesting and challenging read for its audience. In "Vagaries Malicieux" Barnes's Paris is dark while bright, and creates a sense of nothingness, indicated only by Barnes's aesthetic appreciation.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc11047
Date08 1900
CreatorsDunbar, Erin
ContributorsArmintor, Deborah Needleman, Armintor, Marshall Needleman, Peters, John G.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Dunbar, Erin, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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