The Courtesans
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The Courtesan S Arts
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Author : Martha Feldman
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2006-03-23
The Courtesan S Arts written by Martha Feldman and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-23 with Music categories.
Courtesans, hetaeras, tawaif-s, ji-s--these women have exchanged artistic graces, elevated conversation, and sexual favors with male patrons throughout history and around the world. In Ming dynasty China and early modern Italy, exchange was made through poetry, speech, and music; in pre-colonial India through magic, music, chemistry, and other arts. Yet like the art of courtesanry itself, those arts have often thrived outside present-day canons and modes of transmission, and have mostly vanished without trace.The Courtesan's Arts delves into this hidden legacy, while touching on its equivocal relationship to geisha. At once interdisciplinary, empirical, and theoretical, the book is the first to ask how arts have figured in the survival or demise of courtesan cultures by juxtaposing research from different fields. Among cases studied by writers on classics, ethnomusicology, anthropology, and various histories of art, music, literature, and political culture are Ming dynasty China, twentieth-century Korea, Edo and modern Japan, ancient Greece, early modern Italy, and India, past and present. Refusing a universal model, the authors nevertheless share a perception that courtesans hover in the crevices of space, time, and practice--between gifts and money, courts and cities, subtlety and flamboyance, feminine allure and masculine power, as wifely surrogates but keepers of culture. What most binds them to their arts in our post-industrialized world of global services and commodities, they find, is courtesans' fragility, as their cultures, once vital to civilizations founded in leisure and pleasure, are now largely forgotten, transforming courtesans into national icons or historical curiosities, or reducing them to prostitution.
The Courtesans
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Author : Joanna Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Orion
Release Date : 2000
The Courtesans written by Joanna Richardson and has been published by Orion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Courtesans categories.
In Second Empire Paris, there were a dozen courtesans who were generally known as 'la garde' - they were the finest of their profession, the women with whom visiting princes thought it essential to be seen. This book presents Parisien courtesans during their golden age, when their profession was held in high regard.
Lives Of The Courtesans
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Author : Lynne Lawner
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Release Date : 1987
Lives Of The Courtesans written by Lynne Lawner and has been published by Rizzoli International Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Art categories.
Analytische annotatie: Geïllustreerde beschrijving
The Courtesan S Revenge
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Author : Frances Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2014-04-17
The Courtesan S Revenge written by Frances Wilson and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-17 with History categories.
Harriette Wilson was the most desired and the most dangerous woman in Regency London. This highly acclaimed biography reveals for the first time the true story behind her sensational life and scandalous 'Memoirs'. When her former lovers - including much of the British aristocracy - turned against her, she knew exactly how to take revenge . . . 'A wonderful book. Much more than a biography of one attractive, witty woman, it offers a deft analysis of how Britain dealt with celebrity, sex, power and popular journalism in an age that bears remarkable similarities to our own . . . Frances Wilson is not only a first-rate scholar but also a wonderful storyteller who manages to get inside her namesake's famously creamy skin and tell her story with wit and understanding.' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday 'Lively and stylish . . . Reveals how dangerous the courtesan who operated at the heart of the political world was thought to be.' Anne Sebba, Spectator 'Harriette's story is deftly and stylishly told. It beats most novels with its rich ingredients.' Frances Spalding, Daily Mail
The Book Of The Courtesans
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Author : Susan Griffin
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2002-02-06
The Book Of The Courtesans written by Susan Griffin and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-06 with History categories.
From Pulitzer-Prize-nominated author Susan Griffin comes an unprecedented, provocative look at the dazzling world of the West’s first independent women, whose lively liaisons brought them unspoken influence, wealth, and freedom. While they charmed some of Europe’s most illustrious men honing their social skills as well as their sexual ones, the great courtesans gained riches, power, education, and sexual freedom in a time when other women were denied all of these. From Imperia of sixteenth-century Rome, who personified the Renaissance ideal of beauty; Mme. de Pompadour, the arbiter of all things fashionable in eighteenth-century Paris and Versailles; Liane de Pougy, known in France during the Belle Epoque as “Our National Courtesan”; to Sarah Bernhardt, who, following in her mother’s footsteps, supported herself in her early career with a second profession, The Book of the Courtesans tells the life stories and intricacies of the lavish lifestyles of these women. Unlike their geisha counterparts, courtesans neither lived in brothels nor bent their wills to suit their suitors. They were strong- willed, autonomous, and plucky. An open secret, their presence can be felt throughout our culture. The muses who enflamed the hearts and imaginations of our most celebrated artists, they were also artists in their own right. They wrote poetry and novels, invented the cancan at the Moulin Rouge, and presented celebrated acts at the Folies Bergères. They helped to influence and shape the sensibility of modern literature, painting, and fashion. When Greek sculptor Praxiteles wanted to depict Venus he used a famous courtesan as a model, as in later centuries Titian, Veronese, Raphael, Giorgione, and Boucher did when they painted goddesses. When Marcel Proust was a young man it was the courtesan Laure Hayman who took him under her wing, introducing him to the right people, and providing inspiration for one of literature’s greatest masterpieces. And they often had considerable political influence too. When King Louis XV needed advice on foreign affairs or appointments of state he turned to Jeanne du Barry as well as Pompadour. In her witty and insightful prose, as Griffin celebrates these alluring and fascinating women, she restores a lost legacy of women’s history. She gives us the stories of these amazing women who, starting from impoverished or unimpressive beginnings, garnered chateaux, fine coaches, fabulous collections of jewelry, and even aristocratic titles along the way. And through a brilliant exploration of their extraordinary abilities, skills, and talents which Griffin playfully categorizes as their virtues "Timing, Beauty, Cheek, Brilliance, Gaiety, Grace, and Charm" her book explains how, while helping themselves, through their often outrageous, always entertaining examples, the great courtesans not only enriched our cultural heritage but helped to liberate women from the social, sexual, and economic strictures that confined them. Intensively researched and beautifully crafted, The Book of the Courtesans delves into scintillating but often hidden worlds, telling stories gleaned from many sources, including courtesans’ memoirs, presented along with stunning rare photographs to create memorable portraits of some of the most pivotal figures in women’s history.
The Blade Of The Courtesans
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Author : Keiichiro Ryu
language : en
Publisher: Vertical
Release Date : 2008-10-28
The Blade Of The Courtesans written by Keiichiro Ryu and has been published by Vertical this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-28 with Fiction categories.
General Adult. Trained by legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto, Seiichiro Matsunaga, a young samurai warrior, is sent to Yoshiwara, the pleasure quarters in old Tokyo, to defend its inhabitants, including a mysterious young woman named Oshabu, from invading ninjas of the Yagyu Clan.
Shakespeare Among The Courtesans
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Author : Duncan Salkeld
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-01
Shakespeare Among The Courtesans written by Duncan Salkeld and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Courtesans - women who achieve wealth, status, or power through sexual transgression - have played both a central and contradictory role in literature: they have been admired, celebrated, feared, and vilified. This study of the courtesan in Renaissance English drama focuses not only on the moral ambivalence of these women, but with special attention to Anglo-Italian relations, illuminates little known aspects of their lives. It traces the courtesan from a wry comedic character in the plays of Terence and Plautus to its literary exhaustion in the seventeenth-century dramatic works of Dekker, Marston, Webster, Middleton, Shirley and Brome. The author focuses especially on the presentation of the courtesan in the sixteenth century - dramas by Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Lyly view the courtesan as a symbol of social disease and decay, transforming classical conventions into English prejudices. Renaissance Anglo-Italian cultural and sexual relations are also investigated through comparisons of travel narratives, original source materials, and analysis of Aretino's representations of celebrated Italian courtesans. Amid these fascinating tales of aspiration, desire and despair lingers the intriguing question of who was the 'dark lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets.
The Courtesan S Jewel Box
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Author : Menglong Feng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Courtesan S Jewel Box written by Menglong Feng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with China categories.
Klappentext: "This is a selection of popular Chinese stories from the 10th to the 17th centuries. These stories were written in the spoken language that developed as a literary medium after the emergence of an urban commercial economy in the Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1279). Originally the manuscripts of ordinary street story-tellers, this genre of fiction - deriving its material from the life and times of the period, with vivid writing and intricate plots, descriptions that are natural and vivacious - has now attained a lofty place as literature. The twenty stories in this book are selected from over two hundred in several collections published at the beginning of the 17th century. The illustrations included in this volume are taken from contemporary editions." - Enthält: Introduction. - The jade worker. - The honest clerk. - Fifteen strings of cash. - The monk's billet-doux. - The foxes' revenge. - The hidden will. - The two brothers. - The beggar chief's daughter. - A just man avengd. - The tattered felt hat. - The courtesan's jewel box. - The oil vendor and the courtesan. - The old gardener. - Marriage by proxy. - The proud scholar. - The tangerines and the tortoise shell. - The story of a breggart. - The alchemist and his concubine. - A prefectship bought and lost. - The merry adventures of Lazy Dragon. - Die Erzählungen sind drei Sammlungen des Feng Menglong (Yushi mingyan, Jingshi tongyan und Xingshi hengyan) sowie der Sammlung "Paian jingqi" des Lin Mengchu entnommen. Insbesondere Erzählungen in den Sammlungen des Feng Menglong lassen sich vielfach auf ältere Quellen zurückführen.
Aranyani The Courtesan S Lament
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Author : Stephen Alter
language : en
Publisher: books catalog
Release Date : 2006
Aranyani The Courtesan S Lament written by Stephen Alter and has been published by books catalog this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Indic fiction (English) categories.
A tale of a hunter and a courtesan: The brave, noble Vanu, huntsman of the forest and the beautiful, graceful Aranyani, child of the mountains. Theirs is a love that reverberates through time, a story that remains as eternal as the waters of the Ganga.In their escape from Chromius, the callous Greek Yavana, and the proud Prince Harisena, and in their search for Kashmir, the land of a thousand blossoms, the lovers encounter a place and its people that are vibrant in the sheer diversity of language, landscape and religious beliefs. This was a time of transition and change, of journeys and wanderings, of mysticism and spirituality. Set in an age of lush colours and exotic fragrances, strange myths and noble honour, the world of Aranyani and Vanu is ancient India.
Prostitutes And Courtesans In The Ancient World
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Author : Christopher A. Faraone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-02-06
Prostitutes And Courtesans In The Ancient World written by Christopher A. Faraone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-06 with History categories.
These essays explore the implications of sex-for-pay from ancient Mesopotamia to the early Christian period. They reflect the debates engendered by research by confronting the ambiguous terms for prostitution in ancient languages as well as the politicaland social implications of literary representations of prostitutes.