Du boudoir a l'echafaud. Pour une typologie des femmes classiques
From the boudoir to the scaffold. A typology of 18-th century women

Summary/Abstract: Our basic hypothesis is that the erotic dimension of the mind presupposes the fascination for death. From the boudoir to the schaffold, from Eros to Thanatos, there is only one step. To illustrate this idea I have chosen two examples from literature: Joan of Arc, burned at the stake and Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine. Their destinies, their trials and wills, could be the benchmarks for a typology of classical woman

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