Madame de Murat: Author of Fairy Tales, Lover of Women
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 195 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The social background of the French salons and court in late 17th century France
Madame de Murat as author and gadfly
De Murat’s personal and romantic entanglements
The legal persecution of Madame de Murat by King Louis XIV
The most useful sources for this episode were the following. Unless noted, link is to the LHMP blog post about the publication.Chevalier, Jim. 2010. The Old Regime Police Blotter II: Sodomites, Tribads, and “Crimes Against Nature”. Self-published. Accessed at: http://www.chezjim.com/sundries/s52.html on 2021/01/30. (link is to the author’s blog)
Merrick, Jeffrey & Bryant T. Ragan, Jr. 2001. Homosexuality in Early Modern France: A Documentary Collection. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-510257-6
Ness, Mari. 2018. “Imprisonment and the Fairy Tales of Henriette Julie de Murat,” Tor.com, accessed 2021/01/30. (link is to the original article)
Robinson, David Michael. 2001. “The Abominable Madame de Murat’” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuailty in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3
Wahl, Elizabeth Susan. 1999. Invisible Relations: Representations of Female Intimacy in the Age of Enlightenment. Stanford University Press, Stanford. ISBN 0-8047-3650-2
Wikipedia (English) – Henriette-Julie de Murat (link is to the Wikipedia entry)
Wikipedia (French) – Henriette-Julie de Castelnau de Murat (link is to the Wikipedia entry)
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Madame de Murat & Madame de Nantiat
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
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