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In the age of Enlightenment the concept of night evolved from being a time of dread to a time for pleasure. Between the start of the Régence (1715-1723) and the French Revolution the nocturnal and the erotic became intrinsically connected : shadows and darkness were reconfigured as the object of the philosophes' fascination, while night was increasingly experienced as the realm of the self. Nowhere is this paradigmatic shift better recorded than in French libertine literature of the long eighteenth century. Marine Ganofsky delves into the night scenes of libertine fiction to analyse how the idea of night was reimagined and represented by writers ranging from Crébillon to Sade. Her original analysis of erotic encounters in pornographic novels, gallant stories and sensual fairy tales reveals how they capture the period's emancipation from superstitions and traditions. The nocturnal settings of these libertine narratives were the primary means of staging men and women's hitherto hidden sexual encounters and innermost fantasies, and ultimately illustrate the conquest of night-time terrors in favour of social encounters and amorous intimacy. Libertine nocturnal scenes reflect above all the Enlightenment's re-invention of shadows less as an obstacle than an incentive to discover the mysteries they harbour. Through her innovative research Marine Ganofsky presents the erotic nights of libertine fiction as a sign that the siècle des Lumières, free to enjoy the charms to be found in, or under, the cover of darkness, was also the siècle de la nuit.

Fiction --- Thematology --- French literature --- anno 1700-1799 --- Littérature érotique --- Libertinage --- Nuit --- Sexualité --- Littérature érotique française --- Histoire et critique --- Dans la littérature --- French fiction --- Libertines in literature --- Erotic literature, French --- Roman français --- Libertins dans la littérature --- Themes, motives. --- History --- History and criticism. --- Thèmes, motifs. --- Histoire --- Histoire et critique. --- Night in literature --- Sex in literature --- Littérature érotique --- Sex in literature. --- France --- Vie intellectuelle --- Sexualité --- Littérature érotique française --- Dans la littérature.

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La France est une nation légère – ce lieu commun antique est abondamment repris tout au long du XVIIIe siècle, témoignant de profonds bouleversements axiologiques, scientifiques et éthiques, dont ce volume collectif cherche à mesurer l’importance et les enjeux, en racontant l’histoire d’un autre siècle des Lumières: celle d’un siècle de la Légèreté. Ce volume collectif offre une perspective interdisciplinaire, croisant les champs d’études concernés par la question de la légèreté. Les 15 articles réunis analysent tant la peinture que la morale, tant les sciences que l’histoire politique, tant la littérature que les technologies ou l’économie. Ensemble, ces articles révèlent la complexité de la légèreté au dix-huitième siècle, en proposant non seulement des analyses nouvelles originales de sources bien connues (Hogarth, Fontenelle ou Voltaire) mais aussi des découvertes de textes et des objets moins souvent étudiés (La Morlière, le Père Castel, Octave Uzanne, les cabriolets ou les parfums). L’un des atouts principaux de cette recherche est son approche critique et historiographique de la légèreté qui remet en question la façon dont s’écrit l’Histoire. Derrière les idées reçues, ce livre découvre les enjeux nationaux, diplomatiques, voire parfois aussi existentiels qui ont participé à la construction des représentations du dix-huitième siècle français.

Libertinage --- Légèreté --- Mouvement des Lumières --- Dans la littérature --- Enlightenment --- Science --- Philosophy, Modern --- Ethics --- Frivolity --- Libertinism in literature --- Libertinism --- Siècle des Lumières --- Libertinage dans la littérature --- History --- Histoire --- France --- Civilization --- Eighteenth century --- Rationalism --- Aufklärung --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Religion --- Belief and doubt --- Deism --- Free thought --- Realism --- 18th century --- History of France --- anno 1700-1799 --- Légèreté --- Rationalisme --- Morale --- Mouvement des Lumières

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In a speech delivered in 1794, roughly one year after the execution of Louis XVI, Robespierre boldly declared Terror to be an 'emanation of virtue'. In adapting the concept of virtue to Republican ends, Robespierre was drawing on traditions associated with ancient Greece and Rome. But Republican tradition formed only one of many strands in debates concerning virtue in France and elsewhere in Europe, from 1680 to the Revolution. This collection focuses on moral-philosophical and classical-republican uses of 'virtue' in this period - one that is often associated with a 'crisis of the European mind'. It also considers in what ways debates concerning virtue involved gendered perspectives. The texts discussed are drawn from a range of genres, from plays and novels to treatises, memoirs, and libertine literature. They include texts by authors such as Diderot, Laclos, and Madame de Staël, plus other, lesser-known texts that broaden the volume's perspective. Collectively, the contributors to the volume highlight the central importance of virtue for an understanding of an era in which, as Daniel Brewer argues in the closing chapter, 'the political could not be thought outside its moral dimension, and morality could not be separated from inevitable political consequences'.

Literature, Modern --- Virtue. --- Virtue in literature. --- Ethics --- Civilization --- Enlightenment --- History and criticism. --- History

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In the age of Enlightenment the concept of night evolved from being a time of dread to a time for pleasure. Between the start of the Régence (1715-1723) and the French Revolution the nocturnal and the erotic became intrinsically connected: shadows and darkness were reconfigured as the object of the philosophes’ fascination, while night was increasingly experienced as the realm of the self. Nowhere is this paradigmatic shift better recorded than in French libertine literature of the long eighteenth century. Marine Ganofsky delves into the night scenes of libertine fiction to analyse how the idea of night was reimagined and represented by writers ranging from Crébillon to Sade. Her original analysis of erotic encounters in pornographic novels, gallant stories and sensual fairy tales reveals how they capture the period’s emancipation from superstitions and traditions. The nocturnal settings of these libertine narratives were the primary means of staging men and women’s hitherto hidden sexual encounters and innermost fantasies, and ultimately illustrate the conquest of night-time terrors in favour of social encounters and amorous intimacy. Libertine nocturnal scenes reflect above all the Enlightenment’s re-invention of shadows less as an obstacle than an incentive to discover the mysteries they harbour. Through her innovative research Marine Ganofsky presents the erotic nights of libertine fiction as a sign that the siècle des Lumières, free to enjoy the charms to be found in, or under, the cover of darkness, was also the siècle de la nuit. 'With an engaging narrative arc, Night in French Libertine Fiction shows how the playful dichotomy between celebrating the limits imposed by the night and using the night to transgress social or moral limits (as detailed in chapters two through six) is destroyed by the Sadean extension of the logic of libertinism.'

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De l’importance historique du souper, une interaction sociale originale fort appréciée à l’âge classique comme au xixe siècle, témoignent les nombreuses descriptions qui en ont été faites en littérature et dans les arts. Ce moment de convivialité instauré après le spectacle, le bal ou d’autres événements concerne à la fois le savoir-vivre, la gastronomie, la nuit et l’érotisme. Les modèles antiques servirent de repères pour des pratiques qui elles-mêmes firent l’objet d’évocations littéraires, devenues par la suite des modèles pour de réels soupers. Les soupers à la cour de Versailles ou sous le Second Empire sont aussi célèbres que ceux – brillants et libertins – du xviiie siècle et ceux – particulièrement agités – de l’époque romantique. Du souper fin à l’orgie, la frontière est parfois ténue et les mises en scène théâtrales s’en amusent. Si la figure de Don Juan est requise, elle jouxte aussi bien les Jeunes France que les écrits de Sade, Casanova, Dumas, Musset, Hugo, Jean Lorrain, Richepin et bien d’autres, tous évoqués ici dans cet ouvrage qui pour la première fois s’attache à mettre en valeur une pratique culturelle très française.

Literature (General) --- littérature --- histoire culturelle --- souper