Voici ma troisième et dernière sélection du recueil Poésies érotiques publié par Parny en 1778. L’auteur se présente comme un garçon qui entreprend de séduire une jeune bergère de 14 ans. Celle-ci feint de s’offenser et de vouloir préserver sa vertu, avant finalement de réclamer elle-même un amour sans fin. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
The English rock band the Stranglers was formed as the Guildford Stranglers in early 1974. That year they wrote the song “Strange Little Girl.” They submitted it to EMI in 1975 as part of a demo; the demo and the band were rejected. Later in their career, they got a contract with the Liberty label, which was part of EMI. In 1982, having decided to leave the Liberty label for Epic Records, they re-recorded the song, and in July released it as a single (with “Cruel Garden” as B-side), their last one on that label. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Le groupe de chanteurs les Poppys, formé d’enfants français, a été créé en 1970, en pleine guerre du Viêt Nam. Leurs chansons, influencées par la mouvance hippie, mettent en avant l’amour, la fraternité, la tolérance, le refus de la violence et la paix. La composition du groupe a fréquemment changé, en fonction de la mue de la voix des garçons. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Love for young girls was at the heart of John Clare’s life and poetry. The following well-known poem, where the word ‘timid’ appears 4 times, illustrates his shy and restrained view of romantic relationships: “True love, it is no daring bird, / But like the little timid wren.” CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Claude-Adhémar Theuriet, dit André Theuriet (1833–1907), est un poète, romancier et auteur dramatique français, connu pour avoir chanté les terroirs, les forêts, et les petites villes. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Federico García Lorca, by his full name Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (1898–1936), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. Between 1924 and 1927, he wrote the poetry collection Romancero gitano (Gypsy Ballads), which he published in 1928. It brought him fame, and it remains his best known book of poetry. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Poets and Lovers existe depuis quatre ans et demi, et vit maintenant dans un calme plat. De la part de ses ennemis, plus de tentatives de censure ou d’attaques informatiques ; de la part de ses partisans, de moins en moins de commentaires, aucune contribution, aucune suggestion. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Poets and Lovers has lived four years and a half, longer than its predecessor Agapeta. Hopefully, it should no more be threatened by technical failures or attempts at censorship, but the main obstacle could now become the progressive drying of the poetical sources of its contents. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Can a childhood love be the strongest and most beautiful feeling ever experienced? And is this love the truest when it unites a brother and a sister?
The childhood of Thomas De Quincey was marked by the affliction of death. He had three sisters, who were his playmates, whith whom he lived day and night: Elizabeth (two years older than him), Mary (one year older), and Jane (one year younger). At age 4, he first lost Jane, aged 3, but at that time he could not comprehend death fully. Then, two months before his 7th birthday, Elizabeth died at the age of 8 or 9. Last, his father died one year later. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Grand amateur d’érotisme, Pierre Louÿs a tout au long de sa vie écrit un très grand nombre de ce qu’on a appelé des curiosa, des ouvrages à caractère érotique ; il a notamment doublé certaines de ses œuvres publiées d’une version sexuellement explicite. La plupart de ces textes furent publiés après sa mort survenue en 1925. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
