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An up-and-coming French author has been removed from the long list for a presidential literary prize due to AI allegations. But is there merit to them?
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/09/28/author-dropped-from-literary-prize-over-ai-allegations/
Subscriber access only. Unfortunately, I am not a subscriber so I can't read this myself.
From the Marquis de Sade to Cardi B: the history of dangerous art
Sounds disappointing.
Marquis de Sade: An Uncomfortable Evening – Etcetera Theatre, London
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History #Theatre
https://www.thereviewshub.com/marquis-de-sade-an-uncomfortable-evening-etcetera-theatre-london/
https://www.europesays.com/videos/78334/ France enters literary season amid publishing industry crisis • FRANCE 24 English #BookTrends #books #bookseller #bookshop #BritishLiterature #culture #France #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FrenchBooks #FrenchLiterature #LiteraryTrends #Literature #london #NewBooks #Publishing #PublishingIndustry #RentréeLittéraire
𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗼𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 -
3-Word Review:
- Dreamlike
- Untranslatable
- Curiosities
Frictional Posture:
- Find 2+ translations: Where might all fail to capture Gautier's aesthetic?
#bookreview #bookrecommendations #readinglist #literature #books #book #reading #bookstagram #frictionalreading #3words #theophilegautier #poetry #enamelsandcameos #frenchliterature
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...this volume of essays by Camus first published in 1938.
I don't follow IVE closely enough to know if Liz is actually reading this book. It could well just be a prop, although I would be delighted to discover that the book is hers.
Book or no book....
#Kpop #AlbertCamus #Noces #Books #FrenchLiterature #20thCenturyLiterature #1930s
“In a single leap the sun clears the crest of the horizon. It enters the sky like a wrestler, atop its undulating arms of fire.”
Jean Giono, Hill
The first page of Jean Giono’s Hill is beautiful. I can’t wait to devour this. #literature #books #frenchlit #frenchliterature
This week's new #HoPWaG episode looks at the great French tragedian Jean Racine, and looks at how his classical works of theater respond to the contemporary fascination with emotion and reason.
historyofphilosophy.net/jean-racine
#philsky #philosophy #tragedy #racine #frenchliterature
On this day in 1740, Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, was born in Paris, France. The son of Jean-Baptiste François Joseph, Comte de Sade, and Marie-Éléonore de Maillé de Carman, Donatien would grow up to be one of the most notorious writers in literary history.
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History #BOTD
I’m Chris, a writer and independent researcher from Minnesota. I’m a Prince obsessive, French cinema/literature lover, sci-fi person, and Lacanian wanderer.
I live with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and use a wheelchair. I write about music, memory, disability, embodiment, film, literature, and the strange ways art helps us survive ourselves.
Glad to be back on Mastodon.
#WritersOfMastodon #Prince4Ever #FrenchCinema #FrenchLiterature #Disability #CerebralPalsy #Lacan
The Elegant Life of the Parisian High Society in the early 19th century by Anne Martin-Fugier https://bookaroundthecorner.com/2026/04/19/the-elegant-life-of-the-parisian-high-society-in-the-early-19th-century-by-anne-martin-fugier/ #1990s, #20thCenturyLiterature, #FrenchLiterature, #NonFiction
The Marquis de Sade as feminist icon? Angela Carter’s surprising take on a notorious writer
6 Things I Taught My Kids About Marquis De Sade, The Father Of Sadism
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History
https://www.fatherly.com/entertainment/marquis-de-sade-lessons
Vintage Postcard Fantasy Illustrator Victor Hugo
https://www.cpaphil.com/en/products/vintage-postcard-fantasy-illustrator-victor-hugo
#vintagepostcard #fantasyillustration #victorhugo #literaryart #antiquepostcards #retroart #postcardcollector #vintageephemera #oldpostcards #classicliterature #frenchliterature #artlovers
Vintage Postcard Fantasy Illustrator Victor Hugo www.cpaphil.com/en/p... #vintagepostcard #fantasyillustration #victorhugo #literaryart #antiquepostcards #retroart #postcardcollector #vintageephemera #oldpostcards #classicliterature #frenchliterature #artlovers
On this day in 1814, the incorrigible Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, died at Charenton Asylum in Val-de-Marne, France. He was 74 years old. Regrettably, his son burnt all of his remaining unpublished manuscripts.
Justine, Or the misfortunes of the Marquis de Sade | StudioFact Rights | Screenings | C21Media
Found a copy of the Song of Roland at my local used bookstore. Cheap and much shorter than Outlaws of the Marsh.
I like how this 1970 translation has to note that Carcassonne is a city in southern France, like it’s obscure and unknown. I guess the board game wasn’t popular yet. (Or existed.)
#Reading #Literature #Carcassonne #SongOfRoland #Charlemagne #French #FrenchLiterature
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮 -
Every time Kundera picks up a topic for reflection, we are stunned. Here, he examines the role of memory (and forgetting) and its role in history and politics, how it impacts us and our sense of justice and reconciliation. Strapped in . . .
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #fiction #frenchliterature #novel
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 - "𝗔 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗿" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 -
Slowly reading through the collected works of Verne mostly due to nostalgia, partly to re-figure them in my current mindset of narrative power, the advocate of the science novel in the age of Imperialism. This first published work dates to 1852.
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #julesverne #adramaintheair #voyageinaballoon #frenchliterature
The Marquis de Sade and induced abortion - PubMed
From 2011.
Where the Marquis de Sade and Pierre Cardin meet
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20110707-where-the-marquis-de-sade-and-pierre-cardin-meet
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 -
I've read several of Gautier's works, but individual poems & tales, never a collection. And yet this has been on my digital shelf for quite a while--let's see if I can find a new take on his art for "art's sake."
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #poetry #theophilegautier #enamelsandcameos #frenchliterature
From 2014.
Marquis de Sade’s ‘120 Days of Sodom’ returned to France
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History
https://www.france24.com/en/20140403-sade-original-120-day-sodom-bnf-france
Georges Duroy is corrupt, immoral, manipulative, and obsessed with money and status. But is he a villain or just the product of his time and place?
Bel-ami, Guy de Maupassant
8/10
50 Years Later, This Once Banned Movie Is Still Controversial
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History
#Cinema #Pasolini #Movies
https://movieweb.com/salo-150-days-of-sodom-still-controversial-relevant/
From 2013. Unsurprisingly, the links within the post are all broken and the post which they refer to seems to be gone.
A 17th-Century Sex Manual That’s Legitimately Raunchy
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History #SexManual #NSFW
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/06/early-sex-manual-the-school-of-venus-published-in-1680.html
We translated the Marquis de Sade’s most obscene work – here’s how
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History #Translation #Obscenity
https://theconversation.com/we-translated-the-marquis-de-sades-most-obscene-work-heres-how-67743
Vincent Van Gogh
Still Life French Novels And Rose
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#VincentVanGogh #stilllife #Frenchliterature #art #painting
From 2017.
Fanny Hill is too racy for the sensitive class of 2017
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History #SnowflakeGeneration
This is from 2015, and it is better written than I expected it to be. Being written for the Smithsonian, it quite naturally glosses over some of the more salacious aspects of Sade's life.
#MarquisDeSade #Literature #Libertinism #FrenchLiterature #WorldLiterature
Who Was the Marquis de Sade?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-marquis-de-sade-180953980/
From 2017.
Marquis de Sade text named French treasure
University Acquires Wainhouse Archive, Marquis de Sade’s English Translator
Y a-t-il des spécialistes de Jean Cocteau ici?
J'ai plusieurs questions á poser.
Merci d'avance 🙏🏼
https://www.lalanguefrancaise.com/litterature/jean-cocteau
#AcademicSky
#LittératureFrançaise
#FrenchLiterature
#FrenchStudies
#JeanCocteau
#AcadémieFrançaise
#AllianceFrançaise
Sleeping with the Marquis de Sade
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History #Travel #France #Provence
https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/01/23/sleeping-with-the-marquis-de-sade/
From 2014.
Review: Spooking the Marquis de Sade and his ‘Quills’
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History #Theatre
https://whyy.org/articles/review-spooking-the-marquis-de-sade-and-his-quills/
The Hist
ory of Literature Podcast: The Marquis de Sade
Some passages from Sade's books are read in this podcast, and it is #NSFW.
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Libertinism #History #Literature
https://www.historyofliterature.com/517-the-marquis-de-sade/
Reposting this #Introduction My name is Chris, & I am funky! I was on #Mastodon last year, but I left, & now I'm back. As my bio says, I'm a huge #Prince fanatic & I love #FrenchCinema & #FrenchLiterature. I'm from #Minnesota, and I'm #disabled in a #wheelchair w/ spastic quadriplegic #CerebralPalsy. I'm an independent #academic researcher focusing on applying #Lacanian #psychoanalysis #psychoanalytic theory to #literature and #film #cinema. I'm one of the #WritersOfMastodon in #sciencefiction
We Mislead, but Sweetly: Aline & Valcour, Volume I by Marquis de Sade
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #Literature #WorldLiterature
"Bring me a pot of pomade and a pound of burnt almonds …."
–"Nana" by Émile Zola
#Olympics #Olympics2024 #Paris #Nana #ÉmileZola #EmileZola #Literature #FrenchLiterature
Book 23 of 2024: The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables by David Bellos - another book review from me https://vivdunstan.dreamwidth.org/541587.html #Books #Bookstodon #NonFiction #Novels #Fiction #VictorHugo #LesMiserables #LesMis #Literature #NineteenthCentury #19thCentury #France #Guernsey #FrenchLiterature #Reading
"Le temps de l’humanité semble compté, plus que jamais. Mais tout n’est pas perdu. Il y a donc urgence, aujourd’hui, à désincarcérer nos imaginaires de la voiture capitaliste en flammes -et la regarder partir en cendre de l’extérieur, en dansant, et en l’irriguant de notre feu."
~ Mačko Dràgàn
https://lundi.am/La-litterature-peut-elle-casser-des-vitres
https://editions-terresdefeu.com/catalogue-2
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/macko-dragan/blog/110124/manifeste-pour-une-infinite-de-voix-qui-brulent
I’ve just finished the best known novel of George Bernanos, his 1936 “Diary of a Country Priest” (Journal d'un curé de campagne).
A young priest keeps a journal of his ministry in a rural parish in northern France. Bernanos depicts a small town poisoned by the resentments of small storekeepers, the lies and cruelties of a family of the petty nobility, and the spiteful rumours that seep through the population at large. This aspect of the novel draws on the French realist tradition, but two other dimensions of the “Diary” distance the the work from the lineage of Balzac, Flaubert , and Zola. Lengthy monologues, reflecting on God, faith, good, and evil show Bernanos as a 20th century successor to Pascal, adding to the literature of spiritual self scrutiny. In addition, the themes of these monologues and the overall development of the young priest’s religious life place the novel alongside if not necessarily within a philosophical and literary movement germinating in France between the wars, that of existentialism, whether atheist, as with Sartre, or Christian, as with Gabriel Marcel.
Some readers will find these passages hard going. Yet they should persevere, as Bernanos uses striking symbolism and gripping narrative to knit his religious themes to the embittered hopelessness of so many of the inhabitants of the town and its mud clogged environs. Ennui, the young curé notes in the opening pages of his journal, is consuming his parish like cancer; he does not yet know that a cancer of the stomach is consuming him. As his sickness worsens, the young priest comes to subsist on a quasi- eucharistic diet of bread dipped in wine; the parish labels him as a wine bibbing drunkard. Suspense grows as the reader wonders if and how the peasant priest can help the countess find release from the despair occasioned by her daughter’s unfilial resentment, her husband’s continual infidelities, and her son’s untimely death; shortly after she informs the priest that she has found peace, she dies. Malicious gossip represents the episode as the psychological pressure unwittingly exerted by an over earnest and socially maladroit cleric driving the aging aristocrat to her death.
Those who are not religious might be wondering at this point if Bernanos can speak to them. I am an atheist and did not grow up in the Roman Catholic culture that informs the novel, yet still found myself gripped by the writing. As with so much literature, one must read ready to entertain fictions rather than determined to debate facts.
Lu en français
#GeorgesBernanos #FrenchLiterature
#CatholicLiterature #JournalDUnCuréDeCampagne
Still agog at the character relationship guide spread in the #manga version I have of The Count of Monte Cristo #AlexandreDumas #Dumas #ComicBooks #GraphicNovels #Bookstodon #Literature #Fiction #Novels #19thCentury #FrenchLiterature #FrenchBooks
Still undecided with which novel of my list of Favourites for this years big french literature awards to start.
#FrenchLiterature #rentrée #litteraire #rentreelitteraire #bookstodon
"Bring me a pot of pomade and a pound of burnt almonds …."
–"Nana" by Émile Zola
#Nana #NanaBook #NanaNovel #Zola #ÉmileZola #EmileZola #LesRougonMacquart #Literature #FrenchLiterature
#Introduction My name is Chris, & I am funky! I was on #Mastodon for a while late last year, but I left, & now I'm back. As my bio says, I'm a huge #Prince fanatic & I love #FrenchCinema & #FrenchLiterature. I'm from #Minnesota, and I'm #disabled in a #wheelchair w/ spastic quadriplegic #CerebralPalsy. I'm an independent #academic researcher focusing on applying #Lacanian #psychoanalysis #psychoanalytic theory to #literature and #film #cinema. I'm one of the #WritersOfMastodon in #sciencefiction