Mademoiselle maupin, the 17thcentury bisexual swordfighting. Instead, it is an examination of a world that involves crossdressing, sexual ambiguity, and homoerotic love. Embarking on an affair with the lovely rosette to ease his boredom, he is thrown into tumultuous confusion. A romance of love and passion comedie damour series. May 08, 2015 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. This book is available for free download in a number of formats. Despite her girly beauty, daubigny used to dress like a tomboy, a habit she kept also later in her young adulthood years. Julie daubigny has been the subject of many books and biographical works, at least one film, several plays, a ballet, numerous memes, and a french tv series. This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. About the author theophile gautier 181172, french painter, poet, novelist, and critic, was a leading exponent of art for arts sake, preparing the way for the. It is, indeed a golden book as close an approximation to painting in the realm of pure aesthetics as.
In september 1833, gautier was solicited to write a historical romance based on the life of french opera star mlle maupin, who was a firstrate swordswoman and often went about. Book is tightly and evenly bound no creasing and the gutter or to hinges or spine, uniformly age toned and otherwise free of blemishes and markings. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Octavo, early 20thcentury threequarter brown mottled calf, raised bands, elaborately tooled spine.
The extraordinary, rebellious life of julie daubigny, also known as mademoiselle maupin. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Mademoiselle maupin, the 17thcentury bisexual sword. Gautiers novel is hardly a pastoral comic romance that ends in marriage. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by. Born in 1673, julie daubigny, known as mademoiselle maupin, had shown a flair for music and arts from a very young age.
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