Libertinage and modernity

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This book is an interdisciplinary attempt to redefine libertinage as an eighteenth-century artistic and literary movement primarily concerned with seduction and sexual desire. The first part of the volume examines libertinage from an ethical perspective and includes syntheses that emphasize the mythical and utopian aspects of libertine desire. The second part explores the aesthetic stakes of libertinage and contains case studies that focus on the literary and artistic strategies of libertinage.