La Messaline Française y L'Histoire de Dom Bourgre, portier des Charteux: Dos ejemplos de literatura erótica

Abstract

In this essay two French novels, La Messaline Française and L’Histoire de Dom Bougre, portier des Chartreux, of the eighteenth century are reviewed. They illustrate some aspects of the contemporary representation of sexuality, and at the same time they denounce religious institutions —church and monarchy— that support the old regime.