Machine generated contents note: Part I. Salome: The Daughter of Iniquity 17
Chapter One. The Wilde Story I9
Chapter Two. The Dance of the Seven Veils 27
Chapter Three. The Salome Craze 33
Part II. MaudAllan: The Cultof the Clitoris 47
Chapter Four. The Crime 49
Chapter Five. The Vibion 57
Chapter Six. The Trial 72
Part III. Mata Hari: The HorizontalAgent 85
Chapter Seven. Intoxication 87
Chapter Eight. TheLittleDutch Girl 90
Chapter Nine. The Hindu Hoax 95
Chapter Ten. The Scapegoat o09
Chapter Eleven. The Legendary Backlash 124
Part IV. Ia Rublintein: The Phallic Female I29
Chapter Twelve. The Queen oftheNile i31
Chapter Thirteen. The Russian Salome 135
Chapter Fourteen. Diaghilev' Dilettante 140
Chapter Fifteen. The Male Martyr 145
Chapter Sixteen. La Folie d9'da 154
Chapter Seventeen. Salvation 161
Part V. Colette: The MentalHermaphrodite 167
Chapter Eighteen. TheKiss 169
Chapter Nineteen. So d Masterpiece 172
Chapter Twenty. Willy's Ghost 175
Chapter Twenty-One. TheBarrier ofLight 182
Chapter Twenty-Two. The Mature Seductress Ig1
Notes 197
Bibliography 207
Index 217.