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    LES BIJOUX INDISCRETS, Diderot’s erotic, subversive first novel, published anonymously in 1748, was a hit at the time, and no wonder: it is an allegory that portrays the king of France, Louis XV, as the sultan Mangogul of the Congo for whose amusement a magic ring is procured that makes women’s genitals (“jewels”) talk. The sultan’s high-principled favorite, Mirzoza (Mme. de Pompadour), disapproves of his prurient curiosity; she foresees, correctly, that the indiscretion of the seraglio’s “jewels” will wreck marriages and upset institutions. Clearly, Diderot’s tale is more than a romp, as Adam Vartanian’s long-winded introduction to this edition belabors; it is a novel of ideas in which “jewels” function as the vehicle of philosophy to enlighten society. Diderot managed his delicate high-wire act between adulation and satire so well that he wasn’t thrown in jail until years later. fetishdesign: (via An unquiet mind. | codice binario)
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    LES BIJOUX INDISCRETS, Diderot’s erotic, subversive first novel, published anonymously in 1748, was a hit at the time, and no wonder: it is an allegory that portrays the king of France, Louis XV, as the sultan Mangogul of the Congo for whose amusement a magic ring is procured that makes women’s genitals (“jewels”) talk. The sultan’s high-principled favorite, Mirzoza (Mme. de Pompadour), disapproves of his prurient curiosity; she foresees, correctly, that the indiscretion of the seraglio’s “jewels” will wreck marriages and upset institutions. Clearly, Diderot’s tale is more than a romp, as Adam Vartanian’s long-winded introduction to this edition belabors; it is a novel of ideas in which “jewels” function as the vehicle of philosophy to enlighten society. Diderot managed his delicate high-wire act between adulation and satire so well that he wasn’t thrown in jail until years later.

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    LES BIJOUX INDISCRETS, Diderot’s erotic, subversive first novel, published anonymously in 1748, was a hit at the time, and no wonder: it is an allegory that portrays the king of France, Louis XV, as the sultan Mangogul of the Congo for whose amusement a magic ring is procured that makes women’s genitals (“jewels”) talk. The sultan’s high-principled favorite, Mirzoza (Mme. de Pompadour), disapproves of his prurient curiosity; she foresees, correctly, that the indiscretion of the seraglio’s “jewels” will wreck marriages and upset institutions. Clearly, Diderot’s tale is more than a romp, as Adam Vartanian’s long-winded introduction to this edition belabors; it is a novel of ideas in which “jewels” function as the vehicle of philosophy to enlighten society. Diderot managed his delicate high-wire act between adulation and satire so well that he wasn’t thrown in jail until years later.

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    #indiscreet#jewels#diderot#book#novel#louis XV#pompadour

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    Nov 3, 2011 (a Thursday)
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    9:17:00 (6 months ago)

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