![]() ![]() ![]() In our third and likely final look into the work of Theophile Gautier, we take on what many have posthumously determined to be his masterwork, the novel Mademoiselle de Maupin.īased on an actual personage of the same name (birth name Julie d’Aubigny – Maupin was an assumed nom du guerre) who despite being a noted opera singer who, reminiscent of George Sand, was noted for her then daring predilection towards comporting herself in men’s clothing, as well as her accomplished swordsmanship, and more, for her rumored liasons with lovers of both sexes.Īfter an introductory essay relating to the book and its historical underpinnings, we are presented with a lengthy preface which Gautier penned in defence of the book, in which he defends likeminded “scandalous” works and assaults the critics of the day at great length. ![]()
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