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- Title
Santayana Prefers Blondes.
- Authors
FLAMM, MATTHEW CALEB
- Abstract
(Loos xli) 1 More known from its 1953 film adaptation starring Marilyn Monroe, 2 Loos's Gentleman Prefer Blondes was published in 1925. Nita Loos relates: "When asked what was the best book of philosophy written by an American, George Santayana replied "Gentleman Prefer Blondes"." And if, as Loos quips, gentleman prefer blondes only to marry brunettes, 10 this suggests a possible explanation, other than his sexuality, for Santayana's stubborn bachelorhood: he loved essence!.
- Subjects
SANTAYANA, George, 1863-1952; CULTURE; WOMEN'S rights; FILM adaptations; FEMINISM; BLANK-books; AMERICAN authors
- Publication
Overheard in Seville: Bulletin of the Santayana Society, 2020, Vol 38, Issue 38, p39
- ISSN
0846-8508
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5840/santayana20203812