Irene's Cunt
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| - | '''''Irene's Cunt''''' (French: ''Le Con d’Irène'') is an [[erotic novel]] by [[Louis Aragon]] first published [[clandestine]]ly in [[1928]] under the [[pseudonym]] of d’Albert de Routisie in order to avoid censorship. [[Régine Deforges]] will republish this French novel in [[1968]] under the bowlderized title ''Irène'' ; the book will nevertheless be seized by the authorities for its erotic content. | ||
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| - | The original edition featured five [[Eau forte|eaux fortes]] [[illustration]]s by [[André Masson]] and was published on 150 copies. | ||
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| '''''Irene's Cunt''''' (French: ''Le Con d'Irène'') is a short [[Erotic literature|erotic novel]] written by the French poet and novelist [[Louis Aragon]] under the pseudonym Albert de Routisie, first published in 1928. Its title is rendered in English variously as ''Irene'' or ''Irene's Cunt.'' [[Jean-Jacques Pauvert]] has called the novel "one of the four or five most beautiful poetic works produced by [[surrealism]]". | '''''Irene's Cunt''''' (French: ''Le Con d'Irène'') is a short [[Erotic literature|erotic novel]] written by the French poet and novelist [[Louis Aragon]] under the pseudonym Albert de Routisie, first published in 1928. Its title is rendered in English variously as ''Irene'' or ''Irene's Cunt.'' [[Jean-Jacques Pauvert]] has called the novel "one of the four or five most beautiful poetic works produced by [[surrealism]]". | ||
| The novel details the life of a man through his adulthood to old age and the latter half of the text concerns his inner thoughts after he has lost his ability to speak and move due to [[syphilis]]. | The novel details the life of a man through his adulthood to old age and the latter half of the text concerns his inner thoughts after he has lost his ability to speak and move due to [[syphilis]]. | ||
| - | The first edition was illustrated with etchings by [[André Masson]] which were aesthetically very similar to those of [[Georges Bataille]]'s ''Story of the Eye''. [[Régine Deforges]] republished it in 1968 under the title ''Irène'' which did not prevent its seizure as [[pornography]]. | + | The original edition featured five [[Eau forte|eaux fortes]] [[illustration]]s by [[André Masson]] and was published on 150 copies. These were aesthetically very similar to those of [[Georges Bataille]]'s ''Story of the Eye''. [[Régine Deforges]] republished it in 1968 under the title ''Irène'' which did not prevent its seizure as [[pornography]]. |
| American novelist [[William T. Vollmann]] has cited ''Irene's Cunt'' as an influence for his novel ''[[The Royal Family]]'' (2000). It was adapted by [[Toméo Vergès]] for a choreographic work ''Pas de panique'' in 1999. | American novelist [[William T. Vollmann]] has cited ''Irene's Cunt'' as an influence for his novel ''[[The Royal Family]]'' (2000). It was adapted by [[Toméo Vergès]] for a choreographic work ''Pas de panique'' in 1999. | ||
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Irene's Cunt (French: Le Con d'Irène) is a short erotic novel written by the French poet and novelist Louis Aragon under the pseudonym Albert de Routisie, first published in 1928. Its title is rendered in English variously as Irene or Irene's Cunt. Jean-Jacques Pauvert has called the novel "one of the four or five most beautiful poetic works produced by surrealism".
The novel details the life of a man through his adulthood to old age and the latter half of the text concerns his inner thoughts after he has lost his ability to speak and move due to syphilis.
The original edition featured five eaux fortes illustrations by André Masson and was published on 150 copies. These were aesthetically very similar to those of Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye. Régine Deforges republished it in 1968 under the title Irène which did not prevent its seizure as pornography.
American novelist William T. Vollmann has cited Irene's Cunt as an influence for his novel The Royal Family (2000). It was adapted by Toméo Vergès for a choreographic work Pas de panique in 1999.
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