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The Garden of Love, by William Blake

Caspar David Friedrich - Monastery graveyard in the snow
Caspar David Friedrich – Monastery graveyard in the snow

I have presented the poem “A Little Girl Lost” by the visionary poet and painter William Blake (1757–1827), published in Songs of Experience (1794). In it, he envisages a future where children and adolescents will freely enjoy nudity and love, then the religious condemnation and parental repression of these pleasures will cause indignation. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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Le Trouble-Fête, par Victor Hugo

Todd Webb - LaSalle Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Harlem
Todd Webb – LaSalle Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Harlem (1946) – Museum of the City of New York / Todd Webb Archive

Le poème « Chanson de grand-père » par Victor Hugo, dans son recueil L’art d’être grand-père (1877), exalte la beauté et la séduction de petites filles en train de danser. En voici un autre, extrait du même ouvrage, qui oppose la beauté des filles à la laideur du clergé. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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