Open Access«Les Païens de la Pléiade»: L'Érotisme dans les <i>Folastries</i> de Ronsard et dans les <i>Gayetez</i> d'Olivier de Magny
Author(s) -
David Dorais
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
renaissance and reformation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2293-7374
pISSN - 0034-429X
DOI - 10.33137/rr.v35i3.10740
Subject(s) - eroticism , art , humanities , philosophy , poetry , literature , sociology , human sexuality , gender studies
This article compares the eroticism of Ronsard's Folastries (1553) with that of the Gayetez (1554) of Olivier de Magny. Although the former exercised some influence on the latter, the eroticism of the two poets turns out to be very different, as much in thematic and stylistic terms as with regard to vocabulary. Moreover, on the conceptual level, when it comes to depicting the body and erotic technique, Magny proves to be far more chaste and less risqué than his master. Nevertheless, the two share at once a belief in the aphrodisiac power of poetry and a mistrust of the sexual act itself.