Project Gutenberg 2006-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 266 Mercier de Compiègne, Claude-François-Xavier 1763 1800 Compiègne, Claude-François-Xavier Mercier de Mercier de Compiegne, Claude-Francois-Xavier Mercier, Claude-François-Xavier De Compiègne, Claude-François-Xavier Mercier Mercier, C.-F. (Claude-François) 60057132 Éloge du sein des femmes Ouvrage curieux Reading ease score: 72.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chuck Greif, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Éloge du sein des femmes" by Claude-François-Xavier Mercier de Compiègne is a curious and light-hearted treatise written in the early 19th century. The work explores the aesthetic and cultural significance of women's breasts, both celebrating their beauty and examining societal norms regarding their visibility and accessibility. Through a playful tone and poetic references, the author delves into what he considers the virtues of this particular aspect of female beauty. The opening of the text introduces the reader to a historical context wherein discussions on human anatomy have taken on a charm and frivolity, linking them to previous works that delight in exploring the body. Mercier explains his intent to focus on women's breasts, drawing attention to their beauty and allure through poetic allusions and anecdotes from other authors. He touches upon societal attitudes towards exposure and touch while presenting a barrage of poetic imagery highlighting the aesthetic appreciation of women's bodies, suggesting that such topics have long captivated artists and poets alike. The author employs humor and clever observations, hinting at both admiration and the often humorous absurdity that surrounds discussions of physical attributes in a thoughtful yet ribald manner. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Breast HQ Text FR Séduction et libertinage Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies 301200 301256 2024-10-08T08:52:25.806019 2023-09-08T10:17:54.559179 text/html text/html 328992 2006-06-17T08:26:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2004162 2006-06-17T08:26:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2083815 2024-10-08T08:52:39.559968 application/epub+zip 2087827 2024-10-08T08:52:31.027999 application/epub+zip 170936 2024-10-08T08:52:28.004020 application/epub+zip 1275188 2024-10-08T08:52:43.495942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1358984 2024-10-08T08:52:36.946997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416872 2022-09-09T04:43:48.596411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234688 234419 2024-10-08T08:52:24.410045 2023-09-08T10:17:53.330169 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 230071 2006-06-17T08:26:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 93598 2006-06-17T08:26:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20668 2024-10-08T08:52:43.633925 application/rdf+xml 14063 2024-10-08T08:52:28.586017 image/jpeg 3879 2024-10-08T08:52:28.289009 image/jpeg 2153993 2024-10-08T08:52:25.877046 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia