Libertine novel
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| The '''libertine novel''' was an [[18th century in literature|18th century literary genre]] of which the roots lay in the European but mainly [[French libertine]] tradition. The genre effectively ended with the [[French Revolution]]. Themes of libertine novels were [[anti-clericalism]], [[anti-establishment]] and [[erotic literature|eroticism]]. | The '''libertine novel''' was an [[18th century in literature|18th century literary genre]] of which the roots lay in the European but mainly [[French libertine]] tradition. The genre effectively ended with the [[French Revolution]]. Themes of libertine novels were [[anti-clericalism]], [[anti-establishment]] and [[erotic literature|eroticism]]. | ||
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The libertine novel was an 18th century literary genre of which the roots lay in the European but mainly French libertine tradition. The genre effectively ended with the French Revolution. Themes of libertine novels were anti-clericalism, anti-establishment and eroticism.
Authors include Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (Le Sopha, conte moral, 1742), Denis Diderot (Les Bijoux indiscrets, 1748), Marquis de Sade (L'Histoire de Juliette, 1797-1801), Choderlos de Laclos (Les Liaisons dangereuses, 1782), John Wilmot (Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery).
Other famous titles are Histoire de Dom Bougre, Portier des Chartreux (1741) and Thérèse Philosophe (1748).
Precursors to the libertine writers were Théophile de Viau (1590-1626) and Charles de Saint-Evremond (1610-1703), who were inspired by Epicurus and the publication of Petronius.
Robert Darnton is a cultural historian who has covered this genre extensively.
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