Le Roman libertin au XVIIIe siècle: une esthétique de la séduction (in French). Libertine Strategies: Freedom and the Novel in Seventeenth-Century France. Don't Touch (aka: The Carmelite Extern Nun). Querlon, Anne-Gabriel Meusnier de (2020).Ecclesiastical Laurels: or Abbot T***'s Campaigns with the Triumph of the Nuns. Morlière, Jacques Rochette de la (2020).A Coming of Age (Part One of "The Ecclesiastical Laurels"). From Their Lips to His Ear (aka: The Indiscreet Toys). Crebillon, Claude-Prosper Jolyot de (1981).School of Women (aka: The Academy of Ladies). Foot Notes (first 10 chapters of Fanchette's Foot). Thérèse Finds Happiness (aka Therese The Philosopher). In alphabetical order by author's last name: Robert Darnton is a cultural historian who has covered this genre extensively. Precursors to the libertine writers were Théophile de Viau (1590-1626) and Charles de Saint-Evremond (1610-1703), who were inspired by Epicurus and the publication of Petronius, and John Wilmot ( Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery, 1684). Other famous titles are Histoire de Dom Bougre, Portier des Chartreux (1741) and Thérèse Philosophe (1748). Marquis de Sade ( L'Histoire de Juliette, 1797–1801),Ĭhoderlos de Laclos ( Les Liaisons dangereuses, 1782). Themes of libertine novels were anti-clericalism, anti-establishment and eroticism.Ĭyrano de Bergerac ( L’Autre monde ou les états et empires de la Lune, 1657), Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ( Les Égarements du cœur et de l'esprit, 1736 Le Sopha, conte moral, 1742),ĭenis Diderot ( Les bijoux indiscrets, 1748), The genre effectively ended with the French Revolution. The libertine novel was an 18th-century literary genre of which the roots lay in the European but mainly French libertine tradition. JSTOR ( December 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Bales: All right.This article needs additional citations for verification. Appreciative: Oooh, how original! Most people just have their teeth capped.Ĭ.D. and He just kept on giving, didn't He? Disgusting: Say, who mows your nose hair? Paranoid: keep that guy away from my cocaine! Aromatic: it must wonderful to wake up in the morning and smell the coffee. Inquiring: when you stop to smell the flowers, are they afraid? French: saihr, ze pigs have refused to find any more truffles until you leave! Pornographic: finally, a man who can satisfy two women at once! How many is that?Ĭ.D. Scientific: Say, does that thing there influence the tides? Obscure: whoa! I'd hate to see the grindstone. Bales: Sympathetic: aw, what happened? Did your parents lose a bet with God? Complimentary: you must love the little birdies to give them this to perch on. He's got.Įveryone: The whole world in his nose!Ĭ.D. Sneeze, and it's goodbye, Seattle! Commercial: hi, I'm Earl Scheib, and I can paint that nose for $39.95! Polite: uh, would you mind not bobbing your head? The, uh, orchestra keeps changing tempo. Humorous: laugh and the world laughs with you. Philosophical: you know, it's not the size of a nose that's important, it's what's IN IT that matters. Punctual: all right, Delbman, your nose was on time but YOU were fifteen minutes late! Envious: Ooooh, I wish I were you! Gosh, to be able to smell your own ear! Naughty: uh, pardon me, sir, some of the ladies have asked if you wouldn't mind putting that thing away. Personal: well, here we are, just the three of us. Obvious: 'scuse me, is that your nose or did a bus park on your face? Meteorological: everybody take cover, she's going to blow! Fashionable: you know, you could de-emphasize your nose if you wore something larger, like.