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Showing posts with label french literature. Show all posts
5 Nov 2022

There's No Fool Like an Old Fool: Notes on the Case of Ambrose the Masked Dancer

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Jean Galland as Ambrose the masked dancer Le Plaisir (dir. Max Ophüls, 1952) [1]     "The truth of metaphysics is the truth of masks ....
22 Aug 2022

Pot-au-feu

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Illustration by Severo Pozzati (1957)  used to advertise Maggi pot-au-feu beef cubes   Venez à moi, vous dont l’estomac crie misère, et je ...
13 Feb 2021

La Chronique Scandaleuse 1: The Case of Claude Le Petit

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    The French phrase chronique scandaleuse was one that captured my youthful imagination back in the Blind Cupid days and whilst plans for...
21 Dec 2017

Should Sade be Saved?

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Les 120 Journées de Sodome ou l'école du libertinage  (1785)  Photo of the original manuscript: Benoit Tessier / Reuters ...
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