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Love in Salons and the Map of Tendre
In order to understand the Map of Tendre, you may wish to read my previous blog: “Love in the Salons: a glimpse.”Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Madeleine de Scudéry, Préciosité, Salons, the map of...
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Pierre Louÿs’ Songs of Bilitis
Les Chansons de Bilitis, untitled pochoir by George Barbier (1882–1932), from the 1922 edition of Songs of Bilitis, edited by Pierre Corrard (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Bilitis is also a film Pierre...
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Fêtes galantes & Galanterie
Embarquement pour Cythère by Jean-Antoine Watteau (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Despite the use of the word “for” (pour), it would appear that Jean-Antoine Watteau‘s (10 October 1684 – 18 July 1721) The...
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Dom Garcie de Navarre, details
Dom Garcie de Navarre (my collection) Jealousy as a Tragic Flaw A long conclusion to Dom Garcie de Navarre is not necessary, not for our purposes. But there is more to say. Dom Garcie’s jealousy is not...
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