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English Novel [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… main axes. The first axis is based upon ideological or moral arguments, and can be reflected in the condemnation of the corruption and moral dangers posed by the reading of novels perceived as erotic, obscene, or even pornographic: this …
Antagonism | Conflict | Fiction | Parody | Rivalry
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Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]
… it in his On the Social Contract of 1762. But this only made matters worse since any appearance of inequality, corruption or dissention was perceived as undermining the general will, prompting the search for culprits. Obsessions …
Clubs | Crime | Debate | Democracy | French Revolution | Gender | Law | Politics | Sovereignty | State | Violence
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Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… (1780). F our activities were singled out by eighteenth-century contemporaries as belonging to a system of vice and corruption: duelling, suicide, adultery, and gambling. They originated in the 'besetting failing of the upper …
Clubs | Duelling | Gaming | Gentleman | Horseracing | Suicide
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