Venus in the Cloister
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| In [[1724]], [[Edmund Curll]] published the "pornographic" title that argued that it is the church, and not Christ, that forbids sexual exploration. In [[1727]] he was convicted under the common law offence of [[Disturbing the peace (crime)|disturbing the peace]] for its publication. It appears to be the first conviction for [[obscenity]] in the United Kingdom, and set a [[legal precedent]] for other convictions. | In [[1724]], [[Edmund Curll]] published the "pornographic" title that argued that it is the church, and not Christ, that forbids sexual exploration. In [[1727]] he was convicted under the common law offence of [[Disturbing the peace (crime)|disturbing the peace]] for its publication. It appears to be the first conviction for [[obscenity]] in the United Kingdom, and set a [[legal precedent]] for other convictions. | ||
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| + | :Sous la forme de cinq entretiens entre soeur Agnès et soeur Angélique, prétendument racontés à la mère abbesse du couvent par l'abbé du Prat pour tenter de "rendre à la voix et aux actions le beau feu dont elles ont été animées ", Vénus dans le cloître - paru dès [[1672]] - inaugure le roman érotique d'éducation sexuelle à l'adresse des jeunes filles, dont ''[[Thérèse philosophe]]'' (Babel ne 37) et ''[[le Rideau levé ou l'Education de Laure]]'' (Babel ne 121) seront les fleurons. Ici, l'évocation des plaisirs emprunte à la religion son vocabulaire et à la rhétorique ses subtilités pour subvertir plus sûrement et de l'intérieur la morale close de l'Eglise. Et, par le jeu du paradoxe, donner à ce roman précurseur une grande liberté de ton. --via Amazon.fr | ||
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| * [[Censorship in the United Kingdom]] | * [[Censorship in the United Kingdom]] | ||
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The Nun in her Smock or Venus in the Cloister is the English translation of the French novel Vénus dans le cloître, ou, La religieuse en chemise (1683), variously ascribed to Abbé du Prat or François de Chavigny de la Bretonniere. It is the start of an anticlerical tradition in France, partly set in motion by the Loudun affair and various other possession cases which would end in the abolishment of catholicism in France.
The format of the book is an example of a whore dialogue. In a series of five dramatic conversations between two fictional nuns (sister Agnès and sister Angélique) are related. In these conversations, the elder more experienced woman instructs the younger about sex.
In an amusing passage, Marine, a young man who has entered the convent is exposed by the abbess. La Fontaine made this into a bawdy poem, "Les lunettes".
In 1724, Edmund Curll published the "pornographic" title that argued that it is the church, and not Christ, that forbids sexual exploration. In 1727 he was convicted under the common law offence of disturbing the peace for its publication. It appears to be the first conviction for obscenity in the United Kingdom, and set a legal precedent for other convictions.
French description
- Sous la forme de cinq entretiens entre soeur Agnès et soeur Angélique, prétendument racontés à la mère abbesse du couvent par l'abbé du Prat pour tenter de "rendre à la voix et aux actions le beau feu dont elles ont été animées ", Vénus dans le cloître - paru dès 1672 - inaugure le roman érotique d'éducation sexuelle à l'adresse des jeunes filles, dont Thérèse philosophe (Babel ne 37) et le Rideau levé ou l'Education de Laure (Babel ne 121) seront les fleurons. Ici, l'évocation des plaisirs emprunte à la religion son vocabulaire et à la rhétorique ses subtilités pour subvertir plus sûrement et de l'intérieur la morale close de l'Eglise. Et, par le jeu du paradoxe, donner à ce roman précurseur une grande liberté de ton. --via Amazon.fr
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- The Amours of Sainfroid and Eulalia, or Venus in the Cloister (1729, tr.1854)
