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The Map of Tendre
La Carte de Tendre Here is Mademoiselle de Scudéry’s Carte de Tendre. It is not clear. In fact, I suspect that only the original map is still clear. However, one can see the three rivers,...
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Molière’s Précieuses ridicules
Molière There came a point when Préciosité went too far. Playing shepherds and shepherdess in a salon could not last forever. So by the time Molière, born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin presented his...
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Love in the Salons: a Glimpse
Bucolic Scenes (Photo credit: Google images) Other than polite and witty conversation, the main activity of salonniers and salonnières (salonists) was writing. They had been influenced by Giovanni...
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Molière’s Précieuses ridicules.2
Portrait of Molière, by Nicolas Mignard There came a point when Préciosité went too far. Playing shepherds and shepherdesses in a salon could not last forever. So by the time Molière, born...
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