Posts Tagged: Rachilde
Amazon in her prime
Spend the night chez Natalie Barney as she celebrates her 50th birthday
20 books for 2020
In which we visit Rogomelec and Sealand, the castle of truth and a fern-loved gully
20 books for 2020
In which we visit Rogomelec and Sealand, the castle of truth and a fern-loved gully
Colette on screen
… along with Mathilde de Morny and Rachilde *squee*
Mysterious corners of shade
Occultist poet Berthe de Courrière, who died 100 years ago today
Royally buzzed
“Even the mummies stand up and walk when they drink Vin Mariani!”
Dress-down Friday: Rachilde
Cross-dressing as subversion – or penny-pinching
Alfred Jarry, fixie pioneer
“Rather more than a simple vehicle, the writing machine was powered by human musculature and fueled by alcohols.”
Alfred Jarry, fixie pioneer
“Rather more than a simple vehicle, the writing machine was powered by human musculature and fueled by alcohols.”
A Lorrain special, part 1
A typical night might start in the opera, continue at Maxim’s, stop over in a music hall and end at dawn in the produce markets of Les Halles. At various points in his nocturnal odyssey Lorrain would be accompanied by barons, bohemians and barrow boys.
A Lorrain special, part 1
A typical night might start in the opera, continue at Maxim’s, stop over in a music hall and end at dawn in the produce markets of Les Halles. At various points in his nocturnal odyssey Lorrain would be accompanied by barons, bohemians and barrow boys.
Dress-down Friday: Mathilde de Morny
It was as a man that she stole a society playboy’s mistress and as a man that she dueled him. She won, and to crown his humiliation ripped open her shirt and exposed her breasts; he had been bested by a mere woman.
Dress-down Friday: Mathilde de Morny
It was as a man that she stole a society playboy’s mistress and as a man that she dueled him. She won, and to crown his humiliation ripped open her shirt and exposed her breasts; he had been bested by a mere woman.
Scenes from a pataphysical life
“Depending on one’s tastes, inclinations, and social situation, the 1890s were either the Belle Époque, a virile culmination of French culture promising a yet more glorious future; or the fin-de-siècle, the last gasp of an enfeebled civilization on the verge of extinction.”
Scenes from a pataphysical life
“Depending on one’s tastes, inclinations, and social situation, the 1890s were either the Belle Époque, a virile culmination of French culture promising a yet more glorious future; or the fin-de-siècle, the last gasp of an enfeebled civilization on the verge of extinction.”
Autour de Jacques
The catalogue offers much to gladden the heart of anyone interested in queer/Decadent undercurrents of the Belle Époque.
Autour de Jacques
The catalogue offers much to gladden the heart of anyone interested in queer/Decadent undercurrents of the Belle Époque.
Madame wishes…?
“Then, as the key was in the door, she entered, but the smell of apples cooking choked her and stopped her short on the threshold. No smell was more odious to her than that of apples, and so it was with a shiver of disgust that she examined the garret before revealing her presence.”
Madame wishes…?
“Then, as the key was in the door, she entered, but the smell of apples cooking choked her and stopped her short on the threshold. No smell was more odious to her than that of apples, and so it was with a shiver of disgust that she examined the garret before revealing her presence.”
La Marquise de Sade
Mathilde de Morny’s scandalous life and aristocratic background proved an irresistible combination for contemporary writers; she appears thinly disguised in numerous works of fiction, though often the portrayal owed more to the author’s projection than the marquise herself.
La Marquise de Sade
Mathilde de Morny’s scandalous life and aristocratic background proved an irresistible combination for contemporary writers; she appears thinly disguised in numerous works of fiction, though often the portrayal owed more to the author’s projection than the marquise herself.
Venus as a boy
Though her business card proclaimed her a “man of letters”, Rachilde was the only female author of note among the Decadents but arguably the one who pushed their preoccupation with gender meddling the furthest.
Venus as a boy
Though her business card proclaimed her a “man of letters”, Rachilde was the only female author of note among the Decadents but arguably the one who pushed their preoccupation with gender meddling the furthest.
Verlaine’s funeral
The public funeral drew around 5000 mourners on a cold, bright day and marked the exact point at which the hitherto disreputable Paul Verlaine was rehabilitated by the bourgeoisie.
Verlaine’s funeral
The public funeral drew around 5000 mourners on a cold, bright day and marked the exact point at which the hitherto disreputable Paul Verlaine was rehabilitated by the bourgeoisie.
Strange Flowers 