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The painter
- September 12, 2020
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The character Duparc, D’Urfé’s lover, is based upon a real female painter of the time but about whom not a great deal is known. What is known about her work is that she largely adopted a simple style and painted everyday life. Like D’Urfé and Gabrielle, our Duparc is a woman who is subverting the -
Joseph II
- September 5, 2020
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- Category: Casanova
Casanova writes vignettes in his memoirs of a huge and fascinating menagerie of individuals. One such was the Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II: He was not wanting in learning, but the knowledge which he believed himself to possess destroyed the learning which he had in reality. He delighted in speaking to those who did not -
‘Thérèse philosophe’
- August 29, 2020
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The eighteenth century seems to have witnessed a transformation in sexual behaviour and attitudes. There certainly seems to have developed, relative to previous times, an enormous openness with regards to sex (or, at least, heterosexual sex), particularly in cities such as Venice, Paris and London, an openness which went well beyond a libertine few.
