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THE LIBERTINE
THE ART OF LOVE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE |
| By: |
Michel Delon (Editor), Marilyn Yalom (Foreword) |
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Hardback |
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£106.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0789211475 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780789211477 |
| Publisher: |
ABBEVILLE PRESS INC.,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
22 October, 2013 |
| Pages: |
496 |
| Description: |
Re-creates the milieu of the libertine in all its lively decadence, bringing together more than eighty brief selections from eighteenth-century French literature, grouped into eight broad themes - including tales of seduction, fantasies of exotic lands, and the discoveries of youth-and introduced by an eminent French scholar. |
| Synopsis: |
A delightfully illustrated literary anthology that explores the fantasies, seductions, and intrigues of the eighteenth-century French loverThis sumptuous volume presents more than eighty selections from eighteenth-century French literature, each concerning some facet of the game of love as practiced by the libertine, or the freethinking aristocratic hedonist, a type that flourished? not least in literature? in the declining years of the Ancien Regime. These pieces, which include fiction, drama, verse, essays, and letters, are the work of some sixty writers, both familiar? such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and, of course, the Marquis de Sade? and lesser-known. Each selection is illustrated by well-chosen period artworks, many rarely seen, by Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, and numerous others.Racy, thought-provoking, and a treat for the eyes, The Libertine is the perfect gift for litterateurs, art lovers, roues, and coquettes. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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