The Amorous Restoration: Love, Sex, and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century France

Synopsis

This Volume Explores The Intertwining Of Love And Politics In Post-revolutionary Literature Of Nineteenth-century France, Under The Bourbon Restoration. Andrew J. Counter Draws On A Variety Of Genres, From Poetry To Gossip, To Recreate A Pivotal Moment In The Transition From An Amorous Old Regime To Erotic - And Political - Modernity. Introduction : Love, Sex, Politics -- Impediments : Critiques Of Marriage In Restoration France -- Good Breeding : Romanticism, Aristocracy, And Reproduction -- Gallantries : The Literature Of Sexual Worldliness Under The Restoration -- Olivier In The Closet : Gossip, Scandal, And The Novel In The 1820s -- The Sexual Monster : Celibacy And The Anticlerical Imagination -- 1830 : The End Of An Eros? Nodier And Fourier On The History Of Sexuality -- Coda : Secret Love Affairs Of The Bourbons. Andrew J. Counter. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 253-270) And Index.